Ido Kihon Unit

White – Orange Homework 1

Short answer Extra Credit:
Story by karate master Kenwa Mabuni:

Master Yasutsune Itosu, a karate expert who lived a full life of eighty-five years, followed the custom of always pausing and bowing reverently before his household shrine whenever he was about to go out.

one day, overcoming my reticence, I asked him, “Sensei, what are you requesting of the gods when you pray?”

He replied, “When an old man like me goes out, it is thanks to the gods that I do not get kicked by a horse or run over by a carriage and that I can return home safe and sound. And so I ask them again, today, to please protect me and allow me to finish my business and return home safely.”

Still full of youthful vigor myself at the time, I said, “Sensei, what a thing for an expert martial artist like you to say!” and thought to myself that it was rather silly.

But now as I think back, I realize what a profound point of view he had.