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title: "2 Aikido Quotes By Joseph Jarman"
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> [It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble. But it seemed more important to me to share the vitality of Aikido and the vitality of Zen training with people, even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-reach-the-decision-to-retire-actually-from/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

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> [In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice of Aikido.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/in-1993-i-retired-from-the-art-ensemble-of-chicago-to-devote-myself/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

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## Other authors on Aikido

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## More by Joseph Jarman

> [The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's been happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/the-vision-festival-was-packed-every-night-always-has-been-for-the/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [I hadn't been practicing or playing or anything. But that had been a vital part of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/i-hadn-t-been-practicing-or-playing-or-anything-but-that-had-been-a/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/you-know-face-painting-in-non-western-cultures-is-a-sign-of/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [You know, Equal Interest played at the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival Awards and not one musician from that category was even thought of. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/you-know-equal-interest-played-at-the-bell-atlantic-jazz-festival/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble. But it seemed more important to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-reach-the-decision-to-retire-actually-from/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-reach-the-decision-to-retire-actually-from-2/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/we-were-doing-performance-art-as-far-back-as-1965-just-not-calling-it/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human expression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/only-here-because-of-the-illusion-of-intellectualism-our-society/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/so-all-of-the-music-had-reference-or-is-inspired-by-something-of-the/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/people-doing-the-kind-of-sound-research-that-i-m-interested-in-still/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/so-okay-i-accepted-and-i-realized-while-working-for-that-concert-that/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [People call to keep me abreast of what's going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/people-call-to-keep-me-abreast-of-what-s-going-on/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and I keep in contact and sort of follow what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/but-back-to-your-question-it-was-a-wonderful-experience-with-the-art/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [Well, by the end of the millennium, five, six months from now, we hope to somehow manage to move into a new location where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/well-by-the-end-of-the-millennium-five-six-months-from-now-we-hope-to/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

> [So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-jarman/so-immediately-after-that-i-got-a-commission-to-write-a-piece-for/)

[Joseph Jarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-jarman/)

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