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.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
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.
Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.
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.
Martial arts are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
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.
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
