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Please leave me alone. I’m training.

/ Development, Dojo, Japan, Karate, Learning, Martial Arts, Motivation, Okinawa / By Adam Carter

Please leave me alone. I’m training.
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Success and progress come from the hundreds of hours of work no one sees.
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Keep training. ??
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Polite too. ?

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