Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Fed up again!

Maybe it was because Monday was such a beautiful, balmy evening and as I cycled to Shorinji Kempo I had a marvellous desire to sit on Parker's Piece and gaze up at the sky. For hours. Or maybe I just wasn't in the mood. Either way I struggled to get myself to training. Why was I here?

Once I was there things warmed up slowly. Nicely, but slowly. It was only at the howa (or philosophy period) that I really saw why I was there. Sensei DD spoke about 'go ju ittai' - hard and soft make one whole. This really struck me as great: how wonderful to be studying this hard/soft style using blocks, punches, locks, grabs, throws, evasion, Zen philosophy, healing massage all with the aim of personal development.

More on go ju ittai:
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2 comments:

  1. Michele3 June 2009 at 08:59

    I struggled to get to class last night. At the end class, I was glad I went.

    I was tempted by a front porch and homemade apple pie! :)

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  2. Littlefair3 June 2009 at 11:37

    We keep going back don't we!
    Despite the apple pie...
    :-)

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