SGR Jujutstu: Reflecting on 2025, setting intentions for 2026.

Farewell 2025... reflect on it, and set intentions for 2026, but always know that there is only the present moment. Your body cannot exist in the past or in the future, only in the present. Sometimes its good to let your heart and mind do this too. Martial Arts helps with this.

The SGR Jujutstu theme for 2025 was "the technique reveals the spirit", and this was the lense I bought to my teaching and training. It was a valuable focus. I learned a lot.

The 2026 theme is "there is no enemy". This does not mean that harm does not exist, or that injustice should be ignored, or that people never act destructively. It does not mean there is no need for self-defence, and the three pillars (as I see them) of self defence: the ability to perceive a situation requiring response, the skills to respond effectively, and the will to respond effectively.
No, "there is no enemy " does not negate reality, but it allows us to re-frame it. “The enemy” is a projection of fear, ego, or incomplete understanding.
The fixed, external other who is inherently opposed to us, is a mental-emotional construct. A taipan is a dangerous creature, but it is not an enemy.

The theme for 2026 is less a belief to adopt and more a discipline of perception.

All the best, I hope your year is a time of growth and discovery.
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