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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 -
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 -
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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