In The Way of the Warrior, Rushton features Kiyomoto, a doctor in the daytime and a teacher of yabusame—a style of combat involving archery on horseback, in the evening.
He gives the following prompts to accompany this video:
“What do you notice about the training from watching the students? Have you ever experienced anything like what is in the story?
There are all kinds of possibilities for your future, and if you are willing to apply the time, patience, and effort, then no matter when you start, you can use what you learn to become something special.”
This is a great story of how someone is trying to keep something from their culture and history from getting lost in the modern-day. I like the idea that there are that many students at this school trying to keep this skill from disappearing. As a knitter and a spinner of fiber, I can relate because it seemed like no one was knitting or spinning until recently. Now fiber art is becoming alive again.
Please check out the video and think of other prompts you might come up with. Please share.
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