Comments on: Brian Kagen pick: “Takamura Ha Shindo Yoshin Kai: Assumptions” by Toby Threadgill http://www.aikidojournal.com/blog/2008/09/28/brian-kagen-pick-takamura-ha-shindo-yoshin-kai-assumptions-by-toby-threadgill/ Aikido Journal Online's Official Blog Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:17:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: bruce baker http://www.aikidojournal.com/blog/2008/09/28/brian-kagen-pick-takamura-ha-shindo-yoshin-kai-assumptions-by-toby-threadgill/#comment-287 bruce baker Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:42:22 +0000 http://www.aikidojournal.com/blog/?p=166#comment-287 At some point .... each person must stop thinking inside the box of rules and realize when they leave their teacher and training area, the possibility of NO RULES exists as the real threat. The ultimate martial art? The ultimate teacher? The ultimate fighter? I don't think the lesson is that there can only be one best of anything, but that there are many who are not best, many of whom teach the best to be the best. It is a long difficult road from Child-hood to adult old age. Many do not find true happiness in that journey, and maybe ... it is not so much we are great fighters, or even great teachers, but searching for those moments of happiness in a chaotic world that seems to intrude on our moments when we think we have found peace. Students, and strangers who challenge us mentally, or even physically? What lesson, what words or deeds should any of us teach at that moment of intrusion? That is the lesson I see in stories like this. Open your mind young man, you don't see the world for what it is. There is so much to see, so much to learn. At some point …. each person must stop thinking inside the box of rules and realize when they leave their teacher and training area, the possibility of NO RULES exists as the real threat.

The ultimate martial art? The ultimate teacher? The ultimate fighter?

I don’t think the lesson is that there can only be one best of anything, but that there are many who are not best, many of whom teach the best to be the best.

It is a long difficult road from Child-hood to adult old age. Many do not find true happiness in that journey, and maybe … it is not so much we are great fighters, or even great teachers, but searching for those moments of happiness in a chaotic world that seems to intrude on our moments when we think we have found peace. Students, and strangers who challenge us mentally, or even physically? What lesson, what words or deeds should any of us teach at that moment of intrusion?

That is the lesson I see in stories like this. Open your mind young man, you don’t see the world for what it is. There is so much to see, so much to learn.

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