I was watching the movie Willow, one of my favorite movies, and in the beginning Willow had hopes of becoming the Apprentice of a character known as the High Aldwin, a Sorcerer.
The question he asked each of his ‘hopefuls’ was ‘in which finger holds the power to control the whole world?’
Each picked a finger and he shook his head no, until it came to Willow, who hesitated, and then picked a finger, to his dismay he had no apprentice.
Prior to this he gave a hint to the answer telling each to trust their own instincts. The answer was in the finger of each hopeful.
This got me thinking; applies to Martial Arts as a whole. There are no styles and the real answer is within oneself.
Put your trust in Kata, technique, style, and Teacher and you have missed the point. The answer is inside yourself.
Shihan Roseberry once asked, ‘who is your favorite actor?’ Each would answer in turn and owe push-ups.
The answer was yourself. None of us got it at the time.
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