Dear Faceless,
Quote:
Robert M Watson Jr wrote:
As long as you continue to get better everyday it does not matter the relative skills of those around you. When you make the relative skills a burden that hampers your progress either change your outlook or change your dojo.
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Unfortunately, Mr. Watson is correct. The disparity between rank and ability will continue to grow. Especially when those of higher rank but lesser ability assume leadership positions within the dojo.
To make a very long story short, I was unwilling to change my outlook (the chief complaint against me was, "you never listen!"). Therefore I left the dojo I called home for many years.
My jujutsu sensei summed it up in one sentence: "Aikido politics: the only part that doesn't blend."
YoungIn Park