It is only when you open it up and can look inside you really see what is inside.

Now in my dotage have I taken up the hobby of Lapidary. Lapidary means the cutting open rocks, then slicing them further and grinding them, polishing them till you can really see what the rock looks like inside.

Then the finished rock might be used for jewelry or other projects. I just enjoy seeing what is inside the rock.

Here are a few pieces from the past few weeks.

 

Having done this these past 5 years, I have many, many pieces. All of them are most surprising.

From the outside you rarely see what is inside a rock. Incredible variety in Incredible diversity.

In many ways the potential use of kata movement is much the same. For only when you take the movements apart do you begin to see the full wealth of kata study.

I do not mean to imply that you have to do this to find incredible worth in kata study. But when you take the time to take the movements apart, you will find incredible uses for those parts, too.

Two pieces of petrified wood