Yesterday Sajith Sensei and Wasantha Sensei,
who invited me to Sri Lanka last year, have arrived!
They have come all this way to Osaka
to learn about Tenshi Dojo’s practices,
business management and philosophy.
At our Dojo, the students engage in practices through
a step by step program in order to master the techniques.
1. Image Training
Observe an ideal advanced level professional
or a top class athlete’s movement/technique.
2. Image Overlapping
Overlap that image with yourself, picturing yourself
carrying out that movement/technique over and over again.
3. Engage in Practice
Without thinking about control, practice
with that image of yourself in mind.
4. Listen and Expeirence the Motion
Feel the surface when you hit with your hands and legs,
listen to the hit and feel it with all your senses.
*Try to distinguish the “good” and “bad” sounds,
sounds that make you feel good and otherwise.
*Feel the vibration when you hit, feel it
and understand the touch with your hands and feet.
5. Feedback
Understand the accuracy of the hit, for example,
know with your body, from all the sound and touch
when the hit is effective and when it’s not.
When you repeat this image-engage-feedback,
the mind understands the pattern and remembers.
Hence an accurate technique can be mastered.
From here, we move onto actual practice
and polish it even more.
