Gratitude for our swords and training equipment, and those that made them. To our teachers and those that came before us. To our students. To ourselves. To all those that make learning possible. Towards friends and enemies and opponents. We should have gratitude for many things in a single bow.
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I agree. It’s so easy to take what we have for granted. We should try to have gratitude for all that we have.
My teacher Fujimoto Sensei once said, Reigi is the most important thing for a beginner in the martial arts, and the most important thing to first master.