Power of a Rurouni
Every time I return to fencing after some time away, I feel like I lost something. Less familiar faces in practice, point control outta whack, distance way too close. I remember when I was still taking lessons from Vinny, the first lesson after every Christmas, I couldn’t keep my arm in en guard because the muscles had gone weak.
Weak, that’s probably correct description for my fencing, or just my overall physical state. It probably requires lots of vitamin, exercising and some sort of good eating habit to get it back, but hack, its too much work. As Nik would say, I am the epiphany of Laziness.
This reminded me that when I first start watching Kenshin in 1998, this specific clip sparks my interest for this particular anime, one of the classic for sure.
Before this clip, Kenshin said he no longer needs the power of Battousai, and the power of a rurouni is enough to protect the people around him. However, Saito told Kenshin that he doesn’t even have that kind of power anymore, and proved to him in action.
As I lose the skills I once possessed, I wonder how much fight I have left in me. I have lost the urge to get better ever since I got my A, knowing any improvement is not possible unless one dedicates life to it.
but do I still have the power of a rurouni? I don’t know, maybe that’s why I keep coming back to fencing. I guess the day I realize even that much fight has left me, I will stop.
