Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.

It’s less important how strong others see you. And far more important in the strength you see in yourself.

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.

Why is there so much energy given to the art of war? The art of peace requires so little!

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

To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.

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

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

To live only in today or the past leaves no room for tomorrow.

If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.