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Be more attracted to the less aggressive side within the martial arts, control without destruction is the key.
Be more attracted to the less aggressive side within the martial arts, control without destruction is the key.
A martial artist should always train the mind as well as the body, but not always moving in synchronization.
The enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.
Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.
There really are no throws in Aikido only the art of leading your partners ki with your ki in a unified direction. Anything other than this opposes harmony and will inevitably be a throw.
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.
Martial arts are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.