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October 09th, 2019

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You are what you eat applies to your brain, too. The information you consume affects the creative ideas you have. Be selective about the stimuli you allow into your life, making it a point to expose yourself to things that cause you to stretch your comprehension and think in new ways.
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October 08th, 2019

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August 31st, 2019

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NOW!

Pay attention.

All we have ever had is this moment. All that will ever be is contained in this moment. We only live in the now! We cannot , And have never gotten to tomorrow. If we spend our now thinking about yesterday, we are wasting now.
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Movement

7/25/2019

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​There is a Physical opponent who is invisible to me yet he really exists. So, sometimes he wins, other times he loses. Maybe I'm incorrect when I describe him losing and it is not the correct description. I get to know him over time, as my goal is to make him my friend, my confidant, not my enemy. While in the process of making him my friend, he still remains invisible to me.

Many athletes overcome their bodies, and learn to dominate them completely. This does not last too many years. As we begin to age the body slowly starts to dominate. This happens in most athletic endeavors. Martial arts training however, can be different, or at least the outcome can be changed. If the training was carried out correctly, many opportunities presented themselves as certain gifts.


In the beginning Martial Arts training is purely physical. Learning new ways of moving the body is sometimes very difficult. It is the same in all athletic endeavors, including dance. The instructor, the coach and the choreographer show the way.


The body is an instrument of this expression on the physical plane.
In the study of music, the instrument and musician become one through something called improvisation.
Then there is the spiritual way.
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July 19th, 2019

7/19/2019

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Before the time is not the time. After the time is no longer time. When the time is, it is time.


One of the fundamental principles of Martial Arts is gaining without gladness and losing without sadness.


Abstaining from matters from which others cannot abstain and performing deeds that others cannot perform are the business of the Martial Arts practitioner.
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Timing

7/13/2019

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If you are an aspiring martial artist, you seek perfection in performance.
Without this seeking, you are not a martial artist.


If you seek perfection, it must be in all aspects of your life.
For progress to take place this is absolutely essential and it is unending.


Within that seeking is paying attention to details and "Attention to Timing!"
As a martial artist you must not segment your life.


One practices "timing" while interacting with others,
Knowing when to proceed and when to yield.


While "Thought and Action" occurring simultaneously may be considered the ultimate in timing...

First, and dead central to the many aspects of timing is "Being On Time!"
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What made you choose Aikido as the martial art for your child?
I chose Aikido because it is a martial art based on self-defense. I preferred it to karate, which my child had taken for a short time, because of the emphasis on sparring, aggressive tactics and attacks. I feel it is important for children to take martial arts, to have an individual sport that they can excel at and advance in solely based on their own abilities and not based on winning or losing a game. Team sports teach many things and are important but there is a big emphasis on winning or losing a game, but with only the advancement of skills in Aikido to advance in the belts, it teaches the importance of practice and the value of competence. It is beneficial for a child to have the benefit of learning all the lessons of both team sports and martial arts, such as Aikido. -A.R.
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