When I was going through school (up until the year I graduated) I was put in Piano lessons.\u00a0 Classical piano lessons.\u00a0 Although I hated going through and doing exams every year, I did not mind being able to read music and for the most part working my way through songs that I wanted to play.\u00a0 It occurred to me after thousands of hours of practise that I could not make any of it up.\u00a0 I was stuck playing music that others wrote, line by line without any variation.<\/p>\n
I do not want that to be the Taijutsu of myself or any of my students.\u00a0 Over the years I have seen many awesome practitioners with their own unique styles.\u00a0 In Japan and throughout North America I have met people who have taught me many things for which I am thankful and respect.<\/p>\n
As a dedication to them I will do my Taijutsu as a reaction to all of their movements good and bad.\u00a0 I will take the feeling that they placed in my body through their techniques and use it to make carry on the traditions that Hatsumi Sensei is trying to pass on.\u00a0 As a sign of respect I will not copy them movement by movement and turn our living art into a dead set of kata which must be done according to the scrolls.<\/p>\n
Oh and I will relearn piano as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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