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Old 01-25-2010, 07:10 AM   #67
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Re: What does it mean to be an Aikidoka

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To me it means being swift and agile as the wind through the trees, solid and grounded like the earth below my feet, fluid like the flowing stream, and to shine with an inner fire that no person may extinguish. Most of all it means having compassion for someone that may be trying to hurt you in any way. Protect uke to preserve uke, things can change in an instant.
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Gosh, I'd love to be like this. I think I've got the compassion and protection bits right, but being swift and agile as the wind through the trees (as in Star Wars VI) is somewhat difficult now (at my age), though the inner fire is still there and is probably as unquenchable was it was when I first started. And I have found that things take rather longer to change than in an instant. But, YMMV.

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