09/06/2026
Practice breathing.
But don't hope to gain some kind of magic power through your Kiai.
On the Budo way, as well as the way of Zen, you have to practice, as I always said, without any goal or desire to gain.
Most people always want to gain something.
They want 'to have' instead of 'to be'.
---
Taisen Deshimaru
[From the book "The Zen Way to the Martial Arts"]
