I've been back on the Aikido mat for a few months now. Different school, different style, a lot of relearning. And somewhere in that process — in the awkward, humbling experience of being a beginner again with knowledge I didn't have the first time — something clicked that I think is worth talking about. There's a concept in Aikido and other Japanese martial arts called shugyo. It doesn't translate cleanly into English, and I think that's part of the point. The closest you can get is somethin...

The Blade That Is Never Finished

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