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How do you best move toward mastery? To put it simply, you practice diligently, but you practice primarily for the sake of the practice itself.

George Leonard

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George Leonard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1923
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 6
Aikidoka
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George Burr Leonard
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