In Shintaido, one of the basic forms is called Wakame--Japanese for seaweed. We practice being rooted to the floor of the sea, waving forward and back as currents shift, fish enter and exit, sharks come punching through. Seaweed bends and recovers, crumples and recovers, twists and recovers. Responds to intrusion without getting carried away. Seaweed doesn’t harden, resist or punch back. Doesn’t get taken out or uprooted. Flexes with the changing current, and recovers.