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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.
While performing the shomen uchi Ikkyo technique you must enter in first then raise your arms, not raise your arms then enter in.
Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.
To care for others is the real martial art. To not care shows a disregard for yourself and the universe.
A martial artist should not be measured on their ability to hurt or destroy an enemy but how they can change aggression into the art of peace.
You can own a sword, display a sword or collect to sell swords. But the way of the samurai sword is only revealed to the user.
To train a life time acquiring skills of self-defence only to seek retribution in the destruction of others becomes a wasted journey; a path of self-destruction.
Learning to be soft when intimidated is the key to progress. If the ego will not yield to the attackers physical aggression a conflict of the physical to co-exist takes place. This restricts the true concepts of Aikido to be realised.