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With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
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.
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
Treat others in the way you would like to be treated and a harmony shall exist.
Martial arts are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.
The ultimate goal of Aikido attained is seeing yourself and the world through eyes that are non-confrontational.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
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.
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.