Perfection

In martial arts there are legends, in the martial arts there are stories and often those stories speak to the efforts toward perfection. Perfection is ephemeral like the mist of early morning. It remains only in a moment and as quickly as it is, it is no longer.

Perfection is not that something you can gain and attain and retain. It is something to work for in every single moment of life and experienced only in a single moment. The moments can be one, a few or many but they are moments that are experienced only in the present and quickly pass into the past.

The way to perfection is repetitive practice, practice, practice. Not just the mindless movement's we often experience but a mindful practice that is constant, diligent and repetitive. It also takes a mind-set for the present moment. This too is something ephemeral, elusive yet attainable. To become a budo practitioner these are some of the many moments in the present we must acknowledge as an essence to the martial arts.