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Awa was considered as an expert and was well known for his accuracy and being capable
of, it is reported – hyappatsu hyakuchu – a hundred shots – a hundred hits – and in his
earlier period as an instructor emphasised the accuracy of hitting. But at a certain point in
his kyudo career, he is purported to have had doubts about his shooting and about
Japanese archery as just excellence in technique. He adopted the view nani mo iranu –
nothing is needed – and that practice goes beyond technique and that there is a need for
the deepest effort to create a “spiritual� release with absolute effort – issha zetsumei; one
shot, one life. It would seem that Awa had some insight or awakening in his own practice
upon which this was founded. Awa’s kyudo became more of a spiritual way, almost to
the extend of being considered as a religion by some of his critics. At the time the
founder of judo, Jigoro Kano created the concept of judo as opposed to the purely......

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