I soon discovered that the soft form challenged me in new ways. The hard form challenged me to think quickly, to memorize movements that had to be produced quickly and executed accurately. This new method of training challenged me to slow down. I'm usually a vigorous, impulsive person, and Kenko-Na Kenpo forced me to slow down and move very deliberately. Soft forms require sustained concentration in addition to physical effort.

When I control my breathing in order to achieve the fluid movements of Kenko-Na Kenpo, I feel my energy building and releasing in synch with my movements. Kenko-Na allows me to explore flexibility, fluidity, and precision to complement the speed, power, and rapid-fire rythms of Karate-Do.

When authoring Takegawa-Ni-Tsuru, I wanted to showcase these aspects of the style. I therefore laid a heavy emphasis on balance, symmetry, and fluid circular movements.