Refuge
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I have discovered that the dojo is a refuge.
It is a refuge from the unhappy week I've had. It is a refuge from the world in general. It is a room full of swords, and still a safe haven. I go in, and I can leave the things that have frustrated me this week outside.
Running the waza in my head is meditative. I run them when I'm laying in bed trying to sleep and can't.
Iaido a very elegant art, refined. It makes you aware of very small things, and how important those small things are. Small things mean the difference between success and failure. They always said that ‘god’ was in the details.