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Creation Date: 07-14-2007 04:40 PM
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  #77 New 12-08-2010 04:18 PM
"Discipline. Traveling in pursuit of Truth. To pursue aikido, or any martial art, as a path to self-improvement involves more than training. The word "shugyo" connotes a continual striving for technical and personal excellence. KEIKO, or training, is only one component of such striving. To pursue aikido as a Way, requires a continual reexamination and correction of oneself, one's attitudes, reactions, dispositions to like or dislike, etc"

I've been mulling over this Shugyo thing. In response to one of my blogs Niall said " Exhaust yourself physically and mentally - and spiritually if that's what you want too. From the shugyo - that ascetic practice - maybe you will find an answer."

Somehow this seems like a really good idea. Maybe what I need is to go and exhaust myself. I think once the nonsense of Christmas is over I'm going to go mental see if I can't up my training to daft levels for a month.
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#1 12-10-2010 02:04 AM
niall Says:
I happened to find this cool quote from Brandon Lee today. He wasn't a famous martial artist and he died tragically young but it sounds as if had already reached some understanding and wisdom. "It's funny, every time you come up against a true barrier to your progress, you are a child again. And it's a very interesting experience to be reduced, once again, to the level of knowing nothing about what you're doing." The whole quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Lee
 




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