10-24-2013, 11:38 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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Re: Can you truly understand budo without training in Japan?
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Philip Zeplin-Frederiksen wrote:
Ah, I seem to have slightly misunderstood you, when you said "function in", sorry about that!
If I understand you correctly now, you meant the difference between "understanding" and "becoming", correct? For instance, with proper study, I can understand the mind of a psychopath, but that doesn't mean I can just become a psychopath myself (I may well be able to act like one, if needed, but it isn't "me", so to speak).
Is that correct?
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Pretty much. Becoming as smooth and comfortable with Japanese custom and culture as someone who grew up in it is quite a task.
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Peter Boylan
Mugendo Budogu LLC
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http://www.budogu.com
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