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**Kimeoffessyr** · 02-17-2006, 08:00 AM

Okaaaaaaaaaaaay... enough with the Jedi mind-sh*t?

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David J: My mention of the "seemingly irreconcilable dichotomy" was to draw attention to the fact that it's just a fun mental exercise to think about the differences between reigi and hitting a shomen. I didn't mean to imply that there was confusion on my part or on any other kendoka's part.

Ultimately, the point of debate that would summarize this dichotomy is: if reigi teaches mutual respect, doesn't it also teach that this mutual respect must preclude mutual violence?

To fit it into a dojo situation, I think it's easy to answer this question: no *real* violence is being perpetrated in a dojo.

Mingshi: hehehe. Not everyone here is a Westerner! And I wasn't talking exclusively about the Act Of Bowing, but rather the principles behind reigi... Bowing is just a corrollary of these principles, I think, and is a matter of course.

02-17-2006, 08:00 AM	#13
Kimeoffessyr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 514 Senior Member	Okaaaaaaaaaaaay... enough with the Jedi mind-sht? ********* David J: My mention of the "seemingly irreconcilable dichotomy" was to draw attention to the fact that it's just a fun mental exercise to think about the differences between reigi and hitting a shomen. I didn't mean to imply that there was confusion on my part or on any other kendoka's part. Ultimately, the point of debate that would summarize this dichotomy is: if reigi teaches mutual respect, doesn't it also teach that this mutual respect must preclude mutual violence? To fit it into a dojo situation, I think it's easy to answer this question: no real violence is being perpetrated in a dojo. Mingshi: hehehe. Not everyone here is a Westerner! And I wasn't talking exclusively about the Act Of Bowing, but rather the principles behind reigi... Bowing is just a corrollary of these principles, I think, and is a matter of course.
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