I'm curious about something.
I can relate to the idea to the idea that it takes skill to fully appreciate the higher end stuff, if it is something you actively manipulate, like a shinai, a bow, a golf club, a racket, whatever.
But bogu is a piece of passive, static equipment that you "wear". I am not so certain it takes more "skill" to appreciate good bogu.
With bogu, I suppose it's nice to be able to appreciate how the high-end stuff is "theorectically better" than the low-end stuff, but honestly, I just want to not feel pain.
Besides, one begs the question on who is more fixated on the "surface" stuff? If what they can do is more important than what they are wearing, why are people focusing on what's being worn instead of the interesting stuff?
Really, you can't even make much of an assumption about the person just because of what they are wearing. It could be a loaner, for one thing. Or, much like Charles's case, my first set of bogu my sensei pretty much picked out. My mom paid for it. I didn't even know a set was coming until it showed up on my door steps. I certainly had no input on what it would look like. To make a judgement about the person based on what they are wearing is fundamental attribution error at best.
YMMV.
I can relate to the idea to the idea that it takes skill to fully appreciate the higher end stuff, if it is something you actively manipulate, like a shinai, a bow, a golf club, a racket, whatever.
But bogu is a piece of passive, static equipment that you "wear". I am not so certain it takes more "skill" to appreciate good bogu.
With bogu, I suppose it's nice to be able to appreciate how the high-end stuff is "theorectically better" than the low-end stuff, but honestly, I just want to not feel pain.
Besides, one begs the question on who is more fixated on the "surface" stuff? If what they can do is more important than what they are wearing, why are people focusing on what's being worn instead of the interesting stuff?
Really, you can't even make much of an assumption about the person just because of what they are wearing. It could be a loaner, for one thing. Or, much like Charles's case, my first set of bogu my sensei pretty much picked out. My mom paid for it. I didn't even know a set was coming until it showed up on my door steps. I certainly had no input on what it would look like. To make a judgement about the person based on what they are wearing is fundamental attribution error at best.
YMMV.
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