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Health - regular aikido training provides a means to greater vitality and
fitness for practitioners of any age. Great masters and students alike
have trained actively well into their 70s and 80s and enjoyed good
overall life balance, health and vitality. This training has helped
practitioners avert the worst effects of illness and injury from
accidents or falls. While Aikido is not a panacea, it is a useful part of
a lifelong health regimen as it develops excellent posture, balance,
flexibility, proper breathing, body strength, mental acuity, and graceful
movement needed to live well at any age.
Inner Calm - aikido helps develop composure in the face of conflict. It instills a quiet confidence that is a natural deterrent to would-be assailants and highly-valued as a leadership quality. Keeping one's mind in focus and peace is hard enough in sitting meditation. Aikido teaches how to maintain composure and sharpness under all forms of duress and, thus, how to make good decisions and keep presence of mind in the heat of the moment.
Self Awareness - aikido provides an invaluable physical education that reorients our assumptions about how our body and mind works and where our inner strength and centers of power truly reside.
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