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Old 08-18-2014, 02:04 PM   #43
Mary Eastland
 
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Re: Daily Applications of Aikido

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Ron Ragusa wrote: View Post
If you look at Aikido as a practice that is designed to bring about a particular state of being (i.e. mind/body coordinated) then all that you learn will be brought to bear in your daily life.

If, OTOH, you see Aikido as a collection of techniques to learn and master then applying what you learn in daily life outside the dojo is going to require that you look for lots of trouble to get into.

Ron
I like to think that daily ki exercises keep me out of trouble by starting my day in a nice relaxed state with the endorphins flowing as opposed to being cranky and looking for trouble.

Mary Eastland

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