Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The spirit of the practice

The ancient martial arts practitioner used various "sayings" from his sensei as
a starting place to learn technique. Training followed,in the form of katas, to have the person become automatic, in any type of stress situation. Each saying was adopted,
and practiced until the full spirit was fully demonstrated in performance. You might notice in the these 1000 year old sayings, the spirit of the Pit.

happo biraki:total awareness on all eight sides
rinkiohen:adaptation to circumstances/
kage ugokashi no heiho:strategy of removing the shadow that hides the intention of the enemy
isshin itto:one mind - one strike of the sword
katsuhayabi: victory here and now
nadegiri: x

I'll let you find the meaning of the last one!