tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648987284969270841.post2585141380645936429..comments2024-02-25T12:49:53.561-05:00Comments on The Budo Bum: The foundataionsThe Budo Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829768452637120001noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648987284969270841.post-16095280952194777642012-06-06T15:39:15.452-04:002012-06-06T15:39:15.452-04:00Many years ago at an iai dojo in Japan, I was aske...Many years ago at an iai dojo in Japan, I was asked to perform all the kata I knew of the style for the head teacher. They had doubled my repertory in about 2 days of training, and I was nervous, but managed to get through all the old kata I knew and all the new kata except for misremembering one. <br /><br />The assistant instructor corrected the techniques I had misremembered, and the head teacher looked at me carefully. "You did well except for one important thing. Do you know what it is?" he said.<br /><br />"I know my cuts are no good," I began.<br /><br />"That's not important," he said. "The cuts will improve with time. You're not breathing. You need to breathe. Breathing is the most important thing. That is what I want you to work on."<br /><br />Good advice.Ronin scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302218589301012843noreply@blogger.com