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Tetsudo develops the person
as a unified whole. Some people are very identified with their minds,
and some much more with the physical self. The practice of Tetsudo requires
mind and body to join together in perfect focus on the same point in time
and space, thus giving the person the opportunity to experience themself
as whole, unified and complete being.
B. S. Dhaliwal writes
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The mainstay of Tetsura's ideas was that
an Art-Form should provide for students the means by which they can develop
and improve themselves as complete human beings rather than just one-sided
physical specimens, for it is only by the development of the WHOLE BEING
that man can develop in a civilised way worthy of his unique position
in the living world.
Of Motion he writes
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To most people the idea of motion is simply
the movement of an object from one point in space to another. In a wider
sense however, motion is Universal and everything in nature is in some
way associated with motion. The very concepts of time annd space are associated
with motion, and it would be true to say without motion, the very nature
of our physical, psychic, and intellectual worlds cease to exist. Motion
is the fabric upon and around which the cosmos is built. The very process
of life and living is based on motion. Thus to feel and experience motion
is to feel and experience nature itself, and this provides a basis for
the development of a greater harmony and integration between the individual
and his environment.
Of versatility he
writes -
So often we limit ourselves in the number
and variety of exchanges and inter-relationships we make with the environment,
because we think ourselves incapable of doing more, that is to say, we
limit ourselves, due to lack of self awareness, and a true appreciation
of our capabilities. Examples of self-limitation range from many people's
inability to break a brick unaided, to their difficulty in forming satisfactory
human relationships, from problems in starting and setting up a business
venture, to doing odd jobs, like putting up shelves.
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