It writes 守破離 (it has be typed. You may not be able to see depending on your browser setting). This concept is not applied to only kendo but all other areas. If you don’t know the basic calculation such as addition and subtraction, you cannot learn anything more complicated. And of course, you should be able to read those numbers and know the concept of the numbers.Then if you want to specialize in that area, you will have to start to think why 1 plus 1 equals 2.
Many people think what they are being taught, of course, this includes me. But learning without applying is actually not learning. It is especially true in things that really need us to apply what we learn.
You have learned what Shu Ha Ri means. And you know the concept. But if you don’t listen to your teachers when you have to, then you actually did not learn the concept,. Make sense?