Saturday, March 25, 2006

Free Aikido Changing Students' Lives

There are so many of these stories about inspiration, change, spirit, kindness and human endurance.
Every one of them tell me about the endless possibilities within the martial arts, and reminds me of what I see as truly great about it.

Personal change is not *the* true meaning of martial arts, as there are many ways, many answers and many reasons.

Story:
He was overweight and plagued by a short temper. Then he started going to J.D. Paul's free Aikido classes.

"The first night he went, when he came home, he was like, ‘I love it. I'm going to do this for the rest of my life,'" his wife said.

Since that first class he has lost 70 pounds and found a new outlook on life. He's not the only one.

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