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Old 12-29-2017, 05:48 AM   #13
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Dojo: Shoheijuku Aikido, Fukuoka
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Re: Moral and Ethical issue (warning topic on intimate violence)

That story reminds me of one of my early experiences after I started Aikido in high school. I recall during the break between classes going towards the science block and having to push my way through students bursting through the doors, themselves on the way to different parts of the school. After I started Aikido, I had the idea (based on things my sensei had said) to project energy outwards, and the next time I went to the science block and everyone got out of my way!

Violence, to me, is a form of disharmony within a person expressed outwardly. Aikido, to me, is a form of developed integral strength that overwhelms and takes control of of the disharmony, like a white blood cell consumes an invading cell inside one's body.

Naturally having something useful to say is like natural responses during training: It takes much practice.
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