Saru Mo Ki Kara Ochiru — Even Monkeys Fall from Trees 猿も木から落ちる

Mastery does not make us immune to failure; rather it moves failure to the very ground where we feel most secure. For the karateka, this is not a counsel of despair but a discipline: to expect the fall, to refuse to fear it, and to rise with composure intact.

saved by

• Lailah Nabegu