A student came to one master, a great expert in wrestling, to learn this art from him. For many years he trained with admirable diligence.
And then the day came when the master said to him:
“You learned everything I could teach you.” The young wrestler became proud and announced to everyone,
that now he is the best wrestler in the country and can defeat anyone in the ring, even his teacher. He challenged the teacher to a fight, and thousands of people came to watch this fight.
After a long, calm and equal struggle, the master suddenly, with an unexpected move, laid the student on both shoulder blades.
“You said that you taught me everything,” said the defeated student, taking a deep breath, “how then could it happen that you defeated me with a technique that I did not know?”
“Young friend,” said the master, “I really taught you everything.” But, knowing that you don’t tend to feel gratitude, I saved this technique especially for today.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru