Applying Karate in everyday life.

[Harkon72]

Karate is a facet of my life that is bright and high, dark and low. At the edge of giving up, I've stepped into the abyss and felt a comforting hand. My martial arts have filled my life with good people, made me the worse and the best I can be. I'm lucky that I have no real injuries, but to transcend the material is the key. To touch the divine in Budo may take a lifetime, or you can see it in a child's first kiai. There is such a thing as a perfect cherry blossom, a life spent looking for it is not a wasted life. Many men never find it. But Zen tells us that all cherry blossoms are perfect.