Aikido and the New Warrior

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North Atlantic Books, 1985 - 230 páginas
Aikido and the New Warrior includes essays which illuminate Aikido concepts as they apply to many different walks of life: sports, nature, anger, martial arts training, death, and aging to name a few. Please note that this book does not include information on martial arts techniques.
 

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This was a textbook for a class in Aikido I took in college. It was helpful and interesting. I recommend if you want more in-depth study about this marvelous martial art. Ler crítica na íntegra

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Richard Strozzi Heckler
135
Megan Reisel
147
Jeff Haller
155
Cheryl S Reinhardt
166
Donald T Saposnek Ph D
178
George Leonard
198
Robert Nadeau
206
Contributors Notes
226

Fred Donaldson
126

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Página 58 - Pattern is an action-emotion complex that can be observed in any person who is aggressively involved in a chronic, incessant struggle to achieve more and more in less and less time, and if required to do so, against the opposing efforts of other things or other persons.
Página 91 - In order to arrive at what you do not know You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance.
Página 60 - To action alone hast thou a right and never at all to its fruits; let not the fruits of action be thy motive; neither let there be in thee any attachment to inaction.
Página 66 - he said, "that is a difficult predicament, indeed. Sit down here and tell me about it. " I turned my head for one last look. The laborer was sprawled on the seat, his head in the old man's lap. The old man was softly stroking the filthy, matted hair.
Página 68 - I've heard it said there's a window that opens from one mind to another, but if there's no wall, there's no need for fitting the window, or the latch.
Página 66 - I don't got no wife, I don't got no home, I don't got no job. I'm so ashamed of myself.
Página 65 - the old man said in an easy vernacular, beckoning to the drunk. "C'mere and talk with me." He waved his hand lightly. The big man followed, as if on a string. He planted his feet belligerently in front of the old gentleman, and roared above the clacking wheels, "Why the hell should I talk to you?
Página 171 - Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it — what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men.
Página 50 - Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat the enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family.

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Richard Strozzi-Heckler is President of Strozzi Institute. He has a seventh-degree black belt in aikido and a doctorate in psychology. Dr. Strozzi-Heckler has taught the principles of embodied leadership and mastery to business, government, military, non-profits, health care, and education for the last thirty years. He is the author of The Leadership Dojo, The Anatomy of Change, and In Search of the Warrior Spirit; and the editor of Being Human at Work: Bringing Somatic Intelligence into Your Professional Life, and Holding the Center.

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