For training in Budo, one has to concentrate with a strong Ki (spirit). With this Ki one will not be afraid and can see into the opponents heart. If one cannot be like this as a martial artist, then it is not useful in real situations. If one trains as if they are a movie actor, then this is just playing martial arts. Even when receiving a serious injury, never run away, or even if ones neck is cut never surrender until you knock down and completely finish your enemy. If you just train for "points" as in Judo and Karate, then you will never attain the true "points" of Budo.

After World War II, Japan was able to reconstruct itself and the Japanese people were able to have a good standard of living. But, even though a nations economy can prosper, if one looses its traditional culture, it is very difficult to reconstruct it. If one does not try to preserve and study the arts now, Japanese Budo will soon be lost.

I hope to study and train in Japanese Budo instead of spending a lot of time as a sports martial artist as many do in the Budokan or in the Budo classes taught in public schools. They have taken control of too many martial arts and are laughed at by other martial artists in China and all over Asia. These things are very shameful for traditional Japanese martial artists and Japan too.

I will say again, that Budo is not a sport and its theory is not for play. It is also not important how long the scroll is. What is important, is the training method and practice. There is a famous phrase in China that says: "The person who knowns well about the way (Do) never talks about it, but the person who doesnt know budo will always be loud about it".