Patience is a great quality in life when applied properly, as a teacher you must let the student create his own body of knowledge even if you think you see the way ahead of time and as a student you must avoid mimicking the teachers movement which seems more affective than your own movement. The patience to let the true natural movement come out and through awareness clean tension from ourselves will aid us when a hit comes our way when we will be humble enough to be afraid and patient to let it come and simply do our work rather than responding with a strike or block of our own. It is best to practice without fear in order to allow the body to recognize it’s own nature and from time to time work fast to feel the worth of breathing to let the tension come out of us and to avoid lowering our eyes and bending our spine out of reactive fear.

Stand tall but not fixed
look up and see all
Let every breath build you anew and smile with the gift of every moment.