{"id":4253,"date":"2016-06-11T14:41:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T18:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/?p=4253"},"modified":"2023-07-24T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:00:14","slug":"lessons-o-sensei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/lessons-o-sensei\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike Lessons from O-Sensei"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei, affectionately called O-Sensei (Great Teacher) by students, warned, \u201cIn your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and advance to the first rung.\u201d\u00a0 There are many steps.\u00a0 If it takes ten years to get to the first one, if will take an equal amount of time if not more to reach the second stage, and then the third, and so on.\u00a0 There is no end in sight.\u00a0 Some people, when they begin training, think that the techniques are all there is to a martial art, but in reality, everything has multiple layers of meaning.\u00a0 There are obviously spiritual awakenings that can occur because of hard training (shugyo), but even within the confines of physical techniques alone, there are many principles to uncover.\u00a0 Multiple layers exist in even a concept as seemingly straightforward as striking.<\/span><\/p>\n