.. in Old Karate, you learned you Art through pain. You learned quickly that your techniques had to be fast or powerful or both. If you did not embrace pain and it's lessons adequately, you simply did not survive

Soke Behzad Ahmadi
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When you are learning a skill, particularly a new one, it’s best to embrace the pain that comes with it. Learning the kata at the beginning of this path may have been painful, but if you didn’t take that pain, you would have likely not become proficient enough to advance. Instead, you need to stay with the lessons of your training even when they are painful.

Source: Ryukyu Kobujutsu : Bo Tanbo Toifa

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