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"I caused a bit of trouble in high school. My pottery teacher pulled me aside one day after I caused a ruckus in her class. I thought for sure she was going to either castrate me or put me in a kiln," he said. "She was very calm, and she said, 'You know, Alejandro, not everyone can live their life as an artist and make it work. But you can.' That's all she said. From that day forth, I devoted myself to living as an artist."
"[Aikido] can be used more deeply (than physical protection) for more energetic attacks ... It's how you deal with people's incoming energy and momentum, and how do you redirect that so it's a win/win situation and everything is resolved," [Anastasio] said. "What we train for [in aikido] is what we say, what we do and what we feel is all the same thing.""I've created a nice positive wave in the aikido world because I don't have two hands and because I have my own school ... and I do a lot with kids so I'm pleasantly famous globally ... In a very real way, I'm the only one-handed aikido instructor on the planet," Anastasio said, unabashedly.See the full content of this document
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One Man's One-Hand Show
At age 40, Alejandro Anastasio has a better grip on what he wants from life than most people, even though his hold is one-handed.
Born and raised in Indiana, Anastasio's youth was as difficult as might be expected for someone born with only one hand. He was repeatedly told there were thi...See the full content of this document
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