Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. - Morihei Ueshiba

In good training, we generate light (wisdom) and heat (compassion)

If your opponent strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly.

An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any kind of challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally