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Old 08-09-2009, 12:33 PM   #689
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Re: Is It Missing In Everybody's Aikido?

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Josh Phillipson wrote: View Post
David,
I think the point is:
"What is the point of doing this?".
I don't think there is any point in doing large seminars. Your time and money would be better spent going to practice at different dojos.

Shugyo as defined here; http://www.lion-gv.com/v08/shugyo/ht...is_shugyo.html

" In the shugyo model, the student takes only a handful of skills or forms and repeats them time and time again. Each repetition refining the skill or deepening the knowledge.
The aim here is total mastery over one's object of study and oneself to the point where both subject and object disappear into the void of experience... enlightenment."

David

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