Accidents Happen

Some people enter the Dojo empty allowing me to fill their cup; others whose cups are full can still have fun. Either way we can enjoy our time together. I can stop worrying about making it too easy or extremely hard for my students. This I realize is really just part of my own quest anyway. I will share what I can, giving the student some ideas to contemplate. I can help to motivate them and encourage them to work hard. Yet, in the end my words are meaningless as wind in dry grass. Some are capable of hearing the rhythm and not fixate on the notes, of seeing the spaces between and enjoying the time of being present, others collect Kata but are never present. There is no need to memorize the song, but why even listen if you cannot relax and enjoy the process? We have all heard ourselves humming a tune and wondered where we have heard it. Technique when applied correctly is just like that forgotten tune. We can chose to make an accident happen, but when the accident just happens, that truly is the highest level of skill expressed in martial arts.