My Aikido Rebellion
Take over the center and decide what applies to the Universe.
To hell with circumstances and rules of thumb.
O-Sensei, what is aikido?
Well, let me write it down for you and someday you can read it and understand.
“intellectual training, physical training, virtue training, ki training-these produce practical wisdom.” — he wrote it down.
He added that lacking any one of them would render everything for nothing. One must, as he told, always maintain a harmonious balance among these.
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How do these trainings reflect on someone’s Aikido, especially when you are a teacher?
Your technical Aikido can be very good, but without the right balance of other kind of trainings, everything is in vain.
When I say teacher, I imply completeness — the integral parts of someone’s Aikido.
Without intellectual progress and nurturing virtues, it remains only the dull title — just the high rank hiding the inner void. It can only cause the damage, leave an unpleasant silence, and spread the rotten further down the stream.
The completeness makes a good teacher.
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