Dibujo del maestro Inoue Takehiko

This is a self criticism, but I took a look to see if there's something missing:

Our ability to sense danger, the ability to sense when you're on the edge of danger and to quickly quell the feeling. The ability to sense when you're opponent is on the edge themselves and to realize that that is the moment to attack, and to do so.

Whether you can see that even though there is risk to yourself, there is equal risk to your opponent. Whether you can audaciously flaunt that and put on the face of a winner.

Putting away a match without being afraid of the consequences when the chance presents itself.

Being strong and confident, and keeping your cool when moving in to finish things. Being aware that if you fail, you will be giving them the chance to come back. It's not reckless courage, but not letting cowardice and strength interfere with each other.

Understanding that competition has a certain flow, a certain momentum.
Things will not continue to flow the same way the whole time. If you don't take advantage when the chance arises, you're letting the momentum move away from you, thus inviting defeat.

Understanding that danger will not be present forever, and that you can take it and you can overcome it.

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Somehow, we've lost sight of these things or forgotten them somewhere along the way.

There are many ways to look at things, and "competition" is related to only a small number of them. Something that appears short term from one perspective may be long term from another.

But in the world of competition, I've never seen a person whose goal was to lose.

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Wow, this has gotten long. I'll cut things off here.

Takehiko Inoue
Agosto 2007

Asi es el juego.

"I love this game" dicen los americanos

Basketball a proposito.