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EPISODE 49 The Father of Martial Arts: Jigoro Kano (Part 1)

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The Principle of Yielding in the Face of an Aggressive Force

The idea of giving in to an aggressive action and redirecting the force against them is built on these principles. There's a line in the down of Qing that say yielding is the practice of Tao or there's a saying in the army: I don't presume to be the master, but become the guest. If you see most judo matches, you can see a lot of effort, a lot of sweat in a lot of muscle, but the point of it all is to use less effort, sweat and muscle than possible.

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