[Lyric]

Truly, martial arts is a difficult concept. Many dwell on the violent or fighting aspect of them, but never really discover the reason or spiritual meaning behind them. I personally have spent almost two years researching and understanding a specific art that has intrigued and dwelled within my mind from an quite and early age. The martial art I speak of is Iaido, or otherwise known as kenjitsu. Although learning and understanding Hagakure and stances including Kata have done well for me, I wish to take the next step and learn the art to its fullest extent. This is difficult due to the fact that in Canada, more specifically the west coast, has very few Dojos and not many Sensei ( Seventh Dan ). I will be travelling to Japan this summer, though only for ten days, I plan to reach some conclusions on the topic.

If one could suggest, or offer any advice to the subject it would be appreciated.