I see in all sports there are those who use honest endeavour and discipline and continually improve and in the end, once they have 'mastered' their craft then they perform with confidence and to them it is now just an enjoyable game. The spirit of play is with us when we are born and the only enemy of it is our unwillingness to be and do the best we can as you so rightly said.
Regards. G.
Graham at least you are an aiki bunnie who has the capacity to see what I see....
You are correct.... through competition I have learnt many important lessons. I am older now, so I am not so competitive, I don't need to be
, but am very glad that I did what I did, otherwise I would have been thinking that had I not I would be deluding myself through my inadequacy...... does that make sense?