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I've always found it easy to be critical. A well developed critical ability comes in handy in most every field of endeavor. "Healthy" or constructive criticism is often offered by those with an opinion but one is just as likely for find other types of critical commentary readily and copiously offered. Lately I've been working on keeping my opinions to myself.
When ever I feel the urge to opine rising I think to myself "What would O'sensei have to say about my own training?" and my urge subsides quickly. Just how many truly dedicated, serious and otherwise fully committed students of aikido were relatively sure of their direction along the path and had heard the words from the source "That's not my aikido!"
It is not humility but common sense that stays the all too frequent urge to offer opinions and/or criticism: If those so close to the founder were so far off the mark with what surety can those of us two, three or four "generations" removed can we audaciously cling?
12-04-2010 07:58 PM 