Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.

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

After a life time study in martial arts you may come to the realization that fighting or not fighting, is really the same.

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.

Aikido is a means of self-correction of Intention through reflection.

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

We are all of this earth, do not fight or lay greed. The earth is plentiful if we can all learn to share it.

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.

To overcome fear one must have lived with fear.

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