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As there are opposites such as, positive and negative, yin and yang, war and peace. We should always strive to seek the art of peace.
As there are opposites such as, positive and negative, yin and yang, war and peace. We should always strive to seek the art of peace.
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.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
In ikkyo the hand on the elbow must travel in the same direction as the hand on the wrist.
Look for a Sensei that can inspire you to search beyond technique. The longer you study the martial arts, clearer will be your understanding within the applied techniques.
To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
Aikido is a means of self-correction of Intention through reflection.
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.
While performing the shomen uchi Ikkyo technique you must enter in first then raise your arms, not raise your arms then enter in.