To seek the path of ego within the martial arts will seed jealousy and corruption.

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

Your brain doesn’t always understand what your eyes see. Training is the only option to unlock the many facets to the martial arts.

Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.

There are constant messages guiding our paths through life. To hear we must stop our busy lives a moment and listen.

To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.

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

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

To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.

The ultimate goal of Aikido attained is seeing yourself and the world through eyes that are non-confrontational.