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To eventually expound upon...
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#71
 11-28-2003 04:01 AM |
Monday, November 24, 2003
While watching Sensei demonstrate, an interesting thought popped into my head about Aikido as a metaphor for Conflict Resolution --- both require a great deal of effort to the mutual good and benefit of either side in the conflict, while the easier approach most people would take would be the path of the offensive martial art, or simply giving into anger/rage in a conflict when they are not getting their way. In the former, the focus is on both sides (everyone involved) and in the latter, it is on only the self.
It is in this way that O Sensei must have meant that Aikido is a way to bring peace to the world --- by adapting this unselfish mentality of "blending" with and absorbing the aggression of one's enemy while controling oneself. Simply beautiful.
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