Aikidokas reflections

Aikido and I (by Patricio Pereyra)

Anton Chejov said there are two kinds of men: the ones that are intelligent and the ones that aren’t. The intelligent ones want to learn; the unintelligent ones want to teach.

We don’t know exactly what, but we are always learning something in the tatami. This is the only place I know where everyone is ready to admit they are doing things wrong, and that they are there to learn. There are always exceptions, one or two who try to teach, but they’re the least – unlike what happens outside the tatami.

This is Aikido for me: that thing that, it doesn’t matter what, always has something new to show.

Patricio Pereyra, 29 years (Recently!!!)