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Budo: January 2009
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Strength allows peace to be a choice. Sunday, January 25, 2009. All of us in this life walk along a path. That path is a product of our choices. What I have found in my short 38 years of life is that good choices make that path easier and more fulfilling to walk. Then the question becomes, "What are good choices? Will we occasionally fall off this honorable path? Thus, the path becomes easier and more fulfilling to walk for us and those around us. Wednesday, January 7, 2009. Kindness Is Not Weakness.
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Budo: February 2009
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Strength allows peace to be a choice. Sunday, February 22, 2009. Intellectuals solve problems. Geniuses prevent them". This is all advanced martial artists do. They cultivate vision and courage. This is what gives them ability to feel or see or understand that others do not and to prevent or solve problems before or as they arise. To cultivate vision and courage should be our purpose every time we step into the dojo and onto the mat. Friday, February 20, 2009. Do we blame ourselves thinking that we are w...
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Budo: March 2009
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Strength allows peace to be a choice. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. I just wanted to transcribe some thoughts from Kisshomaru Ueshiba, the founder of aikido's son, from his book "The Spirit of Aikido". I feel these selections are very important to understand and practice. We should contemplate on these every day in everything that we do:. And another selection from the same book:. Noh (能, Nō? Or Nōgaku (能�S? These quotes capture the true essence of budo and I highly encourage all to practice in this way.
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Budo: March 2007
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Strength allows peace to be a choice. Saturday, March 24, 2007. I have begun this blog and placed it on the web rather than in a private format in an effort to aid other aikidoists who might be grappling with similar issues. I do not presume to have all the answers. I welcome comments, questions, suggestions, and criticisms with regard to format and content provided they are constructive and relevant. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. The Cold Light of Day.
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Budo: Vision and Courage
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Strength allows peace to be a choice. Sunday, February 22, 2009. Intellectuals solve problems. Geniuses prevent them". This is all advanced martial artists do. They cultivate vision and courage. This is what gives them ability to feel or see or understand that others do not and to prevent or solve problems before or as they arise. To cultivate vision and courage should be our purpose every time we step into the dojo and onto the mat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Budo: Levels
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Strength allows peace to be a choice. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Personal responsibility for your actions and their consequences. This level of understanding of the world is immensely. Gratifying to finally see. I challenge every student to strive for this deeper level of understanding. Its worth cannot be overestimated. April 9, 2009 at 10:18 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. The Cold Light of Day.
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Budo: June 2008
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Strength allows peace to be a choice. Monday, June 2, 2008. Follow the Teaching, Not the Teacher. I have been studying Aikido full time for just over two years. I initially started my practice back in fall of 2005 but quit shortly thereafter due to disillusionment with the Aikido culture that I was experiencing at the time. Too many of the students I practiced with worshipped our sensei. That they mistake the "teacher" for the "teaching". What is worse, is that many sensei. They become so intoxicated wit...
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Budo: Never Rely On Technique
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Strength allows peace to be a choice. Friday, February 20, 2009. Never Rely On Technique. Aikido is an effective martial art. But we should always remember that technique is not 100% effective in all situations. How do we mitigate this deficiency? Keep moving. Move in a circular manner. Make yourself the center of the circle. This way your partner has a difficult time keeping up with you and thus a more difficult time maintaining the choke. Your first priority is to extricate yourself from the choke....
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Budo: Mental Training
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Strength allows peace to be a choice. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Mental training is just as important as physical training, if not more. Training the mind is not something that we usually consider, but proper mental training is vital to our physical training and helps us, in some cases significantly, progress along the path of budo. All professional athletes use mental techniques to train the mind and body and there is no reason why we should not do the same. Or is your body tense? View my complete profile.
