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Phone: (646) 209-5373 | Email: SoonAiki@gmail.com Video Footage: Copyright Greg Soon, 2012, http://www.youtube.com/soonaiki What is Aikido? The goal of Aikido training is not perfection of a step or skill, but rather improving one's character according to the rules of nature. A pure budo comes with the unification of technique, body and heart. One becomes "resilient" inside yet this strength is expressed softly. The budo, which will manifest itself, does not depend upon the technique, but rather upon the heart of the practitioner. The aim of Aikido is a kindness of heart expressed through this spirit of budo. Here are some thoughts on the spirit of Aikido. Budo is the path of the warrior. Combined with the spirit of heaven and earth in your heart, you can fulfill your life's destiny with unconditional love for everything. Aiki seeks to skillfully strike down the ego and inherent insincerity in battling an enemy. Aiki is the path of forgiveness and enlightenment. The martial techniques provide discipline for the journey of uniting the spirit and the body through channeling the laws of heaven. Movements found in nature are efficient, rational, and soft,while the center is immovable, firm, and stable. This principal of a firm center is universally consistent -- and must be true for each person. The culmination of Aikido is expressed by aligning one's center with the center expressed throughout nature. Aikido movement maintains this firm and stable center with an emphasis on spherical rotation characterized by flowing, circular motions. These pivoting, entering and circling motions are used to control and overcome the opponent. The principle of spherical rotation makes it possible to defend one self from an opponent of superior size, strength, and experience. Although Aikido movements are soft, rational, and smooth as in nature, by applying a bit of force,these can become devastatingly effective. ~ Source: Aikikai Hombu Dojo Greg Soon Ryu Creed: One Day I Will Die. I Am Not Afraid of Death. I Have One Life and a Short Time To Live. I Am Aware of Who I Am. I Am Not Afraid of My Beliefs. I Am Not Afraid To Speak My Mind. I Am Not Afraid To Express Ideas. I Am Not Afraid To Stand My Ground. I Am Not Afraid To Admit My Mistakes. I Am Not Afraid To Change Course. I Am Not Afraid of Being Who I Am. I Am Not Afraid To Start New Ventures. I Am Not Afraid What Others Think or Say. One Day I Will Die. I Am Not Afraid of Death. I Will Make the Most of My Life. ~ Greg Soon Greg Soon's Youtube Videos: Greg Soon Ryu Aiki-Jiujitsu Blog: http://gregsoon.com/notebook 
Since 1976 Greg Soon graduated from New York City's Prestigious Music & Arts High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, in 1994. He was captain of the LaGuardia High School Foil Fencing team during his Senior year, and was awarded the school’s Senior Athletic Achievement Award. Greg also fenced with the Peter Westbrook Foundation as a student (1992-1993, 1993-1994). Greg Soon is a Class of 1998 Alumnus of Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. He majored in fine arts. Greg has studied Aikido, Jiu-jitsu, Zen Buddhism, Eastern & Western Philosophy since he was a teenager. Follow on Facebook: 
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