tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19984816.post5792234179099107269..comments2023-12-19T06:47:40.412+09:00Comments on Martial Arts Digest: Martial Arts or Peaceful Arts?ジョン・ハニマンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629870865521056055noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19984816.post-22714196125793331612012-10-03T17:21:18.181+09:002012-10-03T17:21:18.181+09:00Thanks Geraldine --- very much looking forward to ...Thanks Geraldine --- very much looking forward to having you in class. "Knowing ourselves" is half of the solution, and something I assume every good martial arts puts time into. "Knowing your enemy" means understanding the opposing point of view - often meaning that your "enemy" ceases to be an enemy at all. Aikido is a good foundation for understanding the "connection" we all have with each other and how important it is to recognize this.ジョン・ハニマンhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629870865521056055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19984816.post-47649748890806678572012-10-02T23:49:29.486+09:002012-10-02T23:49:29.486+09:00It was very inspiring to read you today.
I agree ...It was very inspiring to read you today. <br />I agree that life/man are chaos and the challenge is to find balance between them. It made me go back to the basics of my studies in TCM, where everything is thought to be in constant conflict or flow between Yin and Yang. The challenge or "Path" is to find the balance between them. There is always the "dance" of those two forces or energies, and it seems that in Martial arts it would be the same; it could be thought of a way of finding peace through the conflict, finding the harmony between oneself and the "enemy"...<br />One thing that caught my attention was when you said that "knowing our 'enemy's mind', we become more in tune with our own". I always thought of the importance of knowing ourselves to be able to understand others, but not so much the other way. I guess that the best picture we get of our minds/hearts is what we reflect in others.<br />Thank you for 'moving my heart' today,<br />GeraldineGeraldinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006034999576233985noreply@blogger.com