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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.
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