Mitori geiko

I remember hearing this phrase early on. O’Brien sensei would talk about it saying that it used to be that a sensei would show you something only once and it was your responsibility to learn, to “steal with your eyes.” Kyudo is an incredibly subtle martial art. So many details are so easily missed by the untrained eye. I find that I’m constantly noticing little things that escaped me before, even after many years of practice. You can’t really learn about kyudo by just reading books. It must be taught through direct transmission. You need a good teacher to guide you along the path. Making corrections, giving you what you need at the right time and pushing you in the right way. You need to be able to watch, learning to see all the little details.

Mitori geiko

I remember hearing this phrase early on. O’Brien sensei would talk about it saying that it used to be that a sensei would show you something only once and it was your responsibility to learn, to “steal with your eyes.” Kyudo is an incredibly subtle martial art. So many details are almost subliminal, so easily missed by the untrained eye. I find that I’m constantly noticing little things that escaped me before, even after 10 years of practice. You can’t really learn about kyudo just by reading books. It must be taught through direct transmission. You need a good teacher to guide you along the path. Making corrections, giving you what you need at the right time and pushing you in the right way. You need to be able to watch, learning to see all the little details.

These are some of the folks I study carefully.

Thanks to everyone who has spent so much

time teaching me over the years

Taking me to these places

So i can continue to learn this

And experience all this