Practice
makes perfect/Carlos Pueblo
I was
watching many Japanese samurai movies and suddenly a documentary
of real
samurai produced by NHK popped up. I turned attention to this video
with a
conclusion, Practice makes perfect. Two days later, I was summoned to
a tennis
double games and ran into a player with stroke consistently forehand
and
backhand. Friends call him ball machine Dan because he builds his tennis
skill by
practice with tennis ball machine.
Japanese
swordsmanship comes back alive after century decline. The documentary
Introduces Katori
Shinto-ryu, one of the three surviving schools at Narita, Chiba
Near the
famous Narita Airport of Tokyo. The school allows students practice with
wooden sword
and I watch carefully that the practice is repeating again and again
for varies
technique attacking certain parts of unprotected body. That is why as the
master
indicates traditional Japanese swordsmanship or the art of fencing can not
be a part of
fencing sport at the Olympic. I have watched the famous duel between
him and
Sasaki Kojiro at a beach front. The legend, after research and research,
tells that
he used a solid wooden sword to make that fatal blow on Kojiro’s forehead.
It’s a
matter of seconds.
I have
regretted that I don’have enough practice for my tennis stroke; therefore, I
depend on
game experience to fool around all tennis double matches. No strong
strike to
win a point but returning the ball softly by slicing it to avoid hitting out of
the line. I
have been winning by waiting the opponent’s error. I envy very much for
Dan’s
hitting skill and I believe that hitting with a ball machine can reach the
level
of practice makes
perfect like the swordsmanship. Am I too late to start over? Or
am I too
stubborn to be changed? Or I really don’t need to worry about it just
enjoy the
remaining of my time to play the game?
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