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Treat others in the way you would like to be treated and a harmony shall exist.
Treat others in the way you would like to be treated and a harmony shall exist.
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.
Compassion is a powerful word. In it contains all of what is martial and what is art. Yet without the years in its study one may not come to understand its true meaning.
It takes greater courage to lead by truth than to lead with fear and deception.
A martial artist should not be measured on their ability to hurt or destroy an enemy but how they can change aggression into the art of peace.
The ultimate goal of Aikido attained is seeing yourself and the world through eyes that are non-confrontational.
Uke’s part in trying to hold nage with strength within the technique, teaches spiritual & physical flexibility.
Love never destroys; hate in itself bears the scars of countless battles.
Don’t be attracted only to powerful techniques within a martial art you do see, but more in the peaceful path of what you don’t see.
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.