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It is not aggression from the martial artist that you should fear! It’s the calm from the lack of aggression you should fear the most.
It is not aggression from the martial artist that you should fear! It’s the calm from the lack of aggression you should fear the most.
In ikkyo the hand on the elbow must travel in the same direction as the hand on the wrist.
To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
Learning to be soft when intimidated is the key to progress. If the ego will not yield to the attackers physical aggression a conflict of the physical to co-exist takes place. This restricts the true concepts of Aikido to be realised.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.
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.
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.
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.
Treat others in the way you would like to be treated and a harmony shall exist.
The true martial artist has a caring spirit that sees all as one.