09-16-2010, 12:00 AM
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We, in Aikido, learn this on the mat.
Especially in our Ki testing. To have 'sureity' and an unmoveable mind/body is the not-doing of having points to defend. I can have sureity and you can push me and I'll not move, yet that doesn't mean I'm fixed in one location. I must, via my Will, be able to have this sureity to remain unmoveable, and, to be able to move with sureity at the blink of an eye. One reason I enjoy Aikido, it takes two to tango. Alone time to work on the Self is good, yet if this is all we do, when encountering another, will we be able to move the AP or fixate it with our Will? I guess what I'm saying is, am "I" doing the moving or fixating, or am I allowing external forces to run the show? Neither is good or bad, I just want the ball in my court
BTW, what's external or internal?
Rambling, rambling.......
SHM
We, in Aikido, learn this on the mat.
Especially in our Ki testing. To have 'sureity' and an unmoveable mind/body is the not-doing of having points to defend. I can have sureity and you can push me and I'll not move, yet that doesn't mean I'm fixed in one location. I must, via my Will, be able to have this sureity to remain unmoveable, and, to be able to move with sureity at the blink of an eye. One reason I enjoy Aikido, it takes two to tango. Alone time to work on the Self is good, yet if this is all we do, when encountering another, will we be able to move the AP or fixate it with our Will? I guess what I'm saying is, am "I" doing the moving or fixating, or am I allowing external forces to run the show? Neither is good or bad, I just want the ball in my court
BTW, what's external or internal?
Rambling, rambling.......
SHM