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To care for others is the real martial art. To not care shows a disregard for yourself and the universe.
To care for others is the real martial art. To not care shows a disregard for yourself and the universe.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.
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.
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.
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.
Martial Arts should not focus entirely on the destruction of an enemy but in ways it can strive to embrace the enemy.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
While performing the shomen uchi Ikkyo technique you must enter in first then raise your arms, not raise your arms then enter in.