We do not choose our experiences, but we can choose the interpretation. Those that believe there is but one interpretation can have no freedom.
To dance with someone is to be with them a moment before they are there. Aikido is to dance. To learn Aikido is to learn to dance. There is a rhythm of connection, that cannot be ignored, to ignore the rhythm is to make all things more difficult
The body can teach the hands how to correctly move. The hands cannot teach the body how to move correctly.
THE TRUTH is not a justification for speaking without thought.
A spiral does not have appendages.
Correct movement comes from our core, the appendages must become part of the core.
It is man's deeds that entrap him, not his environment, as it is his deeds that will set him free.
A man who is starving does not complain about back pains.
When I throw, my intention is to keep my uke honest. The way I insure that my partner is honest, is to give them no reason not to be.
An interesting aspect of time, is according to the increment of time in which one views their life, the length of that increment will dictate all action. I.e. a gang member may face life in five minutes' intervals, a person of enlightenment may view their life in lifetime intervals.
Too a two-year-old, a year is 50% of their life, to a fifty year old a year is 2% of their life.