I was reading an article on new research that said that when a baby is formed in the womb the exchange of cells with the mother’s body leaves many of the child’s cells in her body after birth, changing her cells permanently forming a life long bond between mother and child.

A traditional martial arts teacher over time forms a relationship with a good student that creates a fundamental change in the student’s psyche forming a life long bond between them that can never be changed. Wherever they go, whatever they do in life they remain bound by the teachings.

And like mother and child they both affect each other, because life and knowledge must have meaning and purpose, when it’s passed on and shared it survives and evolves. If it’s not passed on it dies and evolution stops.