"Practice with a sword until your arms hurt, read about swords until your eyes hurt, and think about swords until your head hurts. Rest a bit… and then start over." Bujin editor F.J. Lovret 1978 Sept.

Gichin Funakoshi pointed out that "What you have been taught by listening to others' words you will forget very quickly; what you have learned with your whole body you will remember for the rest of your life."

From time to time I will slip in some readers questions from the old Bujin magazine, as a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Dojo. Although these questions (and articles) are 30 years old , they still have relevance today. And it's amusing to see how little things really change. Such is Budo. Editor Nicholas Busan