After a life time study in martial arts you may come to the realization that fighting or not fighting, is really the same.

Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.

Love never destroys; hate in itself bears the scars of countless battles.

To overcome fear one must have lived with fear.

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.

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.

To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.

To understand Aikido’s many layers-consistency is the “ki”