Chocolateuke asks:
>I have a Question for you all
>do you think of Aikido only as a Martial art
>or a Way of life??
What's the difference? Aikido is, by translation, a way (Jap. Micho/Do = path or way). Why can't a martial art be a martial way? In Japanese budo circles, there's not much distinction made between the art and the way of budo.
In order for aikido to be budo (and it is, indeed) it must be martial.
>I think of it as a way of life. Why becaseu
>I have been living the Aiki way My whole
Sorry. You'll have to define that for me. I can give you several (all valid) definitions of 'aiki' ranging from 'domination of the spirit' to 'universal harmony'. All are correct _within context_.
Chuck Gordon
chuck@the-dojo.com
http://www.the-dojo.com/