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28-29. Praclice in defensive skills is the
most basic of all judo training.
By resorting to inappropriate behavior, a person places himself in grave
danger. If he has not hesitated to experiment on others, he is hardly in a
position to blame anyone who attempts to try something out on him. He is
bound to run into stronger individuals and there is no knowing what may
happen. Attacked when offguard or even asleep, no one stands much of a
chance, even against a weaker assailant. Outside of training, it is forbidden
to try out the techniques one has learned.
On the folly of misusing the knowledge one acquires through training in
judo, the following is a story that has come down to us from the past.
A certain student, eager to test his techniques, would go out each evening
to a lonely spot along the road, and there would lie in wait for the occasional
passerby. When someone happened along he would spring out and apply
one of his throws.
Eventually word of the man's actions reached his teacher. Disguising
himself, the teacher went to the spot one evening. The student, not recognizing
his teacher, rushed out and attacked as usual. The teacher allowed
himself to be thrown, then slowly stood up and told the student to examine
his side. Realizing who the man was, the student quickly looked down.
There on his right side he saw a streak of grease that his teacher had applied
while being thrown, indicating that he could easily have killed the student
with an atemi blow. Humbled by his experience, the student never again
ventured out to test his throws on innocent passersby.
34 BASIC POINTS IN TRAINING