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Yes. It has reminded me of the manners and respect my Mom and Dad tried to instill in me as a child. Let's just say I've embarrassed myself like fart in church but I'm learning.
I also believe Aikido attracts a specific anti violent type of personality, whether the individual is a jerk or not.
"Associate not with evil men, lest you increase their number." I believe this statement also works in it's opposite form.
Re: Poll: Does aikido make its practitioner into a "better" person?
If someone believes that Aikido is a spiritual discipline, a Path to Enlightenment (as I feel the Founder believed) then being Awake is 'better' than being asleep!