Part of the philosophy underlying most of these self-defense forms involves the avoidance of conflict through physical and mental control, while taking personal responsibility for one's own safety. Furtunately, at the prescribed minute they were working on active forms in front of the dojo's shrine.
Under the poor (photographically-speaking) lighting conditions in the dojo I was expecting a lot of noise and some blur, so I chose to emphasize those factors in this high-contrast, "arty" version.
Title taken from a book which was sitting on a counter at the front of the building.
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