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	<title><![CDATA[Unintended lessons]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[One of my earliest memories of training at Shinkikan was seeing how Sensei never seemed to keep the back of his feet on the ground.  At least most of the time that I saw, he always had his heels elevated when he was in kamae.  Seems that doing this also keeps your alertness elevated.  Maybe this represents a crossroad of physical and mental posture...]]></body>
	<date>09-27-2007</date>
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