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Accidents come out of idleness...the number 7 principle by Funakoshi...
What exactly does Funakoshi mean about idleness...?
...here's some famous quotes that might help.
"We do not lack strength so much as the will to use it; and very often our imagining that things are impossible is nothing but an excuse of our own contriving, to reconcile ourselves to our own idleness". - François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
"Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible".
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Preeminent leader of Indian nationalism.
"Prolonged idleness paralyzes initiative".
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"Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless".
- Hosea Ballou, Manuscript--Sermons
"Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb".
- Robertson Davies
What I think Funakoshi was getting at here, was the fact that if a Karate-ka moves about lazily with no real prupose in mind, he or she will end up realizing some very negative consequences.
In Kumite the Karate-ka should always have some kind of goal or idea of what they want to accomplish...
...I could go on, but I think you get the idea...basically, never be lazy...
RJF
