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Zanshin: Learning the Art of Attention and Focus from a Legendary Samurai Archer

by James Clear March 29, 2016 Follow @james_clearMarch 29, 2016 In the 1920s, a German man named Eugen Herrigel moved to Japan and began training in Kyudo, the Japanese martial art of archery. Herrigel was taught by a legendary Kyudo master named Awa Kenzo. Kenzo was convinced that beginners should master the fundamentals of archery … Continue reading Zanshin: Learning the Art of Attention and Focus from a Legendary Samurai Archer