http://1000lessons.wordpress.com Lessons Aikido is teaching me: A new one everyday Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:49:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://1000lessons.wordpress.com http://1000lessons.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/a-flawless-performance-is-just-another-part-of-life/ http://1000lessons.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/a-flawless-performance-is-just-another-part-of-life/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:49:17 +0000 childsplay http://1000lessons.wordpress.com/?p=161 ]]> There may be days when technique just flows through you. Everything may seem to be going perfectly. Enjoy this experience but do not let it get to your head. This too, like the days when technique has to be forced out of you, is just another part of life.

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]]> http://1000lessons.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/not-performing-is-just-another-part-of-life/feed/ 0 childsplay http://1000lessons.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/the-fight-is-won-before-it-is-fought/ http://1000lessons.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/the-fight-is-won-before-it-is-fought/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:35:27 +0000 childsplay http://1000lessons.wordpress.com/?p=156 ]]> Often the fight is won before it is fought. Seeing no opening discourages any attack. A confident, calm and purposeful demeanour repels most attacks before they materialise. These characteristics can only come from within.

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