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**SantaClaus** · 11-25-2006, 10:51 AM

What is the point?

do a 1000 for a 1000 days....and then?

I once came to this site and read about this 1000 days stuff and went to the link and read of this long path this guy took to do the 1000/1000...

right away the story of this guy was not about kendo, it was about himself..
The fact is that this is a personal story I was reading about the challenge he had put to himself.

did it make him better at kendo?....I dont know. I saw in his writing that he had changed from the beginning to the end.
There was a lot of frustration in his words that he wrote about himself some days.
Perhaps that is good, perhaps that is not so good, again I dont know.

I just keep thinking that if the 1000/1000 was just about kendo that more guys would do it just to get better.
But it's not really about kendo at all.

It's about personal challenges, the ability of the body to match the spirit.

If someone I knew started this path, Im not sure I would be calling over to their house for a while. I would not want to get in the way or break the count.

There also was this one comment I read on this forum.
A guy was talking about his finishing the 1000/1000 and another person said that he had told his sensei the story and the sensei had responded, " Not enough"

I guess when a person starts to do this task, they always have to keep in mind that at the end, the victory is an inner-personal one.

I wish you good luck, and I will watch for updates with interest...
But, are we sure this road leads anywhere we want to end up at?

11-25-2006, 10:51 AM	#11
SantaClaus Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 704 Senior Member	What is the point? do a 1000 for a 1000 days....and then? I once came to this site and read about this 1000 days stuff and went to the link and read of this long path this guy took to do the 1000/1000... right away the story of this guy was not about kendo, it was about himself.. The fact is that this is a personal story I was reading about the challenge he had put to himself. did it make him better at kendo?....I dont know. I saw in his writing that he had changed from the beginning to the end. There was a lot of frustration in his words that he wrote about himself some days. Perhaps that is good, perhaps that is not so good, again I dont know. I just keep thinking that if the 1000/1000 was just about kendo that more guys would do it just to get better. But it's not really about kendo at all. It's about personal challenges, the ability of the body to match the spirit. If someone I knew started this path, Im not sure I would be calling over to their house for a while. I would not want to get in the way or break the count. There also was this one comment I read on this forum. A guy was talking about his finishing the 1000/1000 and another person said that he had told his sensei the story and the sensei had responded, " Not enough" I guess when a person starts to do this task, they always have to keep in mind that at the end, the victory is an inner-personal one. I wish you good luck, and I will watch for updates with interest... But, are we sure this road leads anywhere we want to end up at?
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