Life is painful at times. Budo is too. In fact, budo helps us understand and endure the many facets of life. We experience during our shugyo many things. Life is the same. We need to make use of the lessons, experiences and pain that we recieve in the dojo and translate the teachings outside in our life. Firstly, we should learn to not differentiate training from real life. They are one in the same. The way we are in the dojo should be manifested in our lives. Kyojutsu is therefore something that we really need to study well in the dojo. – Duncan Stewart