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STORIES
A young boy traveled across the country to the school of a famous Sensei
teaching martial arts. When he arrived at the Dojo he was greeted by the Sensei "What
do you wish from me?" "I wish to be your student and become the finest martial
artist in the land" said the boy. " How long must I study?"
"Ten years at least". The Sensei replied.
"Ten years is a long time". The boy said.
"What if I study twice as hard as all the other students?"
"Twenty years", replied the Sensei.
"Twenty years!"
"But what if I practice day and night with all my effort?"
"Thirty years", the Sensei replied.
"Thirty years!"
"Why is it that each time I say I will practice harder, you say it will take
longer"?
"The answer is clear," said the Sensei.
"When one eye is fixed on only the final destination, there is only one eye left with
which to find the way".
There are two small storys of the origin of
Jujitsu/Jiu-jitsu
the first story is that Jujitsu came from China after the the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
It state that a man named Chingempin told three Ronin (masterless Samurai's) of a
grappling art that he had studied in China. The other story is that Jujitsu is from
Japan. The story follows the same idea but differ in that Chingempin introduced an
early form of Jujitsu (not yet called Jujitsu) but called Kempo to Japan, which consisted
mostly of strikes and breaks. From there they developed it into a more effective
grappling art.
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