The traveler represents the highest role the Aikido practitioner can achieve. Travelers are always black belts and usually Senseis. The pit fall of the traveler is that it is easy to become complacent. The traveler has "seen it all." Travelers have to work through a tendency to be arrogant and get stuck in a know it all attitude. Travelers need to empty their cup by trying to develop a "white belt" or "beginner's mind." Travelers benefit from cycling through all the other roles to develop an ever deepening understanding of the art. Travelers can then move forward and add their insights and understanding to an ever evolving style.