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Leave the World a Little Greater
When we try to become the best person we can be, we find meaning in life.
Aikido Founder O-Sensei said,
“The Way of the Warrior is to give life to all things, to reconcile the world, and to foster the completion of everyone’s journey.”
I’ve been training in Aikido for over 30 years. Aikido is a traditional martial art,
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It’s Not Like You Have To Get Somewhere
There’s always something to learn, greater spaces to expand into, something to give up.
The late Mizukami Sensei said,
“Just train.” I hear his voice when I don’t want to train, when I think I suck, and when I think I’m not good enough. Sensei emphasized this by saying,
“… It’s not like you have to get somewhere.” Sensei was the father I needed to become a greater man. Nothing but mad love and respect to Sensei.
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Heaven Is Right Where You Stand
In the bigger picture, we all have nothing to prove, we just train.
~ O-Sensei Morihei Ueshiba
The late Mizukami Sensei instilled in me w
hen you came to the Dojo, you came to train. Sensei’s father was a Baptist minister when he and his family were in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. On many occasions, Sensei told me,