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Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
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.
We are all of this earth, do not fight or lay greed. The earth is plentiful if we can all learn to share it.
Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.
The study of one’s posture within Aikido is as much spiritual as it is physical.
Martial arts are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.
To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.
Aikido is a means of self-correction of Intention through reflection.
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.
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.