普通，我々は，様々な面で知識を増やそうと努力をする。武術についても然りである。普通，武術を習い始めた者が，使える技を増やしたい，多様な技を操りたい，と思うのはごく自然である。そうして，習う技や形（型）が増えていく。しかし，ある段階を越えた武術家はやがて稽古する技や形（型）の種類が減っていく。その武術・流派の原理原則へと収束していく。それでいてその武術・流派を体現する。タオや禅に従えば，自ずとそうなる。
Usually, we human beings make efforts to increase our knowledge of various areas. It is true of martial arts, too. Usually, It is really natural that people who have begun practicing martial arts would think that they want to increase the techniques they use and master a variety of movements. In that way, the number of techniques and katas we learn go on increasing. On the contrary, as for martial artists who have transcended a certain stage, the kind of techniques and katas they practice go on decreasing. They are focusing on the principles of the martial art or the school of the art. In parallel with that, they can embody the art or the school. Harmonizing with the Tao or Zen will naturally make them do that.
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