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To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
There really are no throws in Aikido only the art of leading your partners ki with your ki in a unified direction. Anything other than this opposes harmony and will inevitably be a throw.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
A martial artist should always train the mind as well as the body, but not always moving in synchronization.
Within the martial arts, while competition in the form of sport exists, the art of Budo, a way of love may never be truly understood.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
After a life time study in martial arts you may come to the realization that fighting or not fighting, is really the same.
Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.
Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.