Contents

• Contents
• Introduction
• The Funny Stuff
  • Being A Little Sensei-Tyrant (Prematurely)
  • You're Enlightened, Dammit!
  • 1-2-3 Will You Marry Me?
• The Music-Menkyo-Kata Parallels
  • Imitation
  • Experience
  • Teaching
  • Creation
  • Being
• Art and Artist in the Natural World
  • Artist of Life versus Academic Art
  • Adventures in the Natural World
  • Like the Brochure
• Negative and Difficult Stuff
  • Where Does Karate Stop and Sean Start?
  • Karate, Religion and the Dojo as Church
  • The Gyodan Curriculum
  • Time, Money, and Resistance
• The Present: Where are you Today in Karate and How Did You Get Here?
  • Re-approaching Karate as a Balanced Element of a Busy Life
  • Approaching Satisfaction
  • Returning to Active Participation in the Dojo
  • Motives

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