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For a stance on only one
leg, to become a solid platform, requires strong muscles, and good balance.
To perform advanced jumping kicks, requires strength and agillity. To
perform kicks at head height, requires great flexibility. To perform the
Tetsudo techniques continuously for any appreciable length of time, requires
high levels of physical fitness. Only a fully trained dancer or acrobat,
is likely to have the physical capabilities to do all these things from
the begining.
The tetsudo training, through
repetition, and through specific exercises aimed at strength and flexibility,
will develop the body to the level where it is able to give what is demanded
of it. The physical limitations are like a restrictive cage, but by pushing
against the boundaries, they widen and widen to allow the student to reach
the level they aspire to.
Constant effort is needed
as the student needs to constantly strive to go beyond their current limitations.
Simply attending classes for a number of years will not lead to much progress
unless the student has a will to improve, sufficient to push themselves
just a little bit beyond their current limits.
Students are not pushed
or bullied into performing better; it has to come from their own desire
to improve, and everyone is allowed to do so at their own pace. Fast or
slow - it is up to you. |