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In retrospect it seems that the question of whether I was willing to train at the makiwara was a test of my seriousness as a student. For the contemporary kyudo student, perhaps particularly for an American, the willingness to forestall one's attraction to the mato and to concentrate on the makiwara can be an important test of whether or not he has the discipline that kyudo requires.

Written on the makiwara stand in the kyudo dojo at Chozen-Ji, in calligraphy done by Omori Sogen Rotaishi, is the Japanese phrase "Hyakuren Jitoku." Jackson Morisawa translates this saying as "Thousands of repetitions and out of one's true self perfection emerges." In explaining this saying in his book, Zen Kyudo, he writes:

To make a good sword takes repeated heating, pounding, and sharpening which require tremendous discipline in a state of order and control. If one instills this kind of discipline in repetitive, innovative, and observant training in kyudo, he will be able to taste the satisfaction of his own effort within himself.¹