The aikido effect in our lives ....

The beauty of what we do in Aikido cannot compare to the beauty of what we become by giving our best to our training. I marvel every time a student share how his or her training affects the way they relate to the world and their circumstances. And it makes me  consider once more that the time I spend relating to them by teaching this marvelous martial art is not wasted. It is very worth while. Not only for them but to me as well. 



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