The trick is - and it has always been - review.
Karate is about winning the moment. But the moment was already won. You won it that last time that you fought for the last rep. The last time that you pushed yourself past the edge of the blade.
You just have to review the moment. In your mind, in your heart and in your body. You have to remember it so keenly that this moment and the next moment and the one after that feel so much like the moment that was already won that they become the same. The moment stays with you until you wake up one day and realize - it's the only moment.
We tell ourselves that the problem is deciding. That we have to choose to decide over and over again. But this is bonnō - delusion. We made the choice. All that's left is reviewing the choice again and again and seeing past the delusions. The delusion that surrender is weakness. The delusion that there is strength in inertia.
Accelerate. That too, is karate.
Surrendering to the choice and reminding ourselves that this surrender isn't a shackle. This is the only type of surrender that isn't slavery...
This is the surrender that sets us free.
But you must mind your surrender and remind yourself. Each time you remind and review you sand the imperfections and doubts away from what you know to be true. You smooth and polish the rationale until it is without flaw.
You must review the choice until it is the only thing that you can see. That's where you'll finally find the most direct path. That's where you'll find the tranquility we're all looking for. The tranquility and unity. The eye of the storm.
