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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.
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.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
Have patience while walking the path of Aikido there really is no final destination. Study sincerely in the moment for today is what matters. Tomorrow will come all too soon. Reflect in the journey this is the ultimate goal.
The true martial artist has a caring spirit that sees all as one.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
Why is there so much energy given to the art of war? The art of peace requires so little!
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
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.