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This is a previous blog I posted on Myspace & I think it needs a re-post here on my site !
I find the longer I train & teach martial arts that there are really only two types of martial art practitioners.
Group 1. These are the "super hero". The "I been there done that" guy. "I trained with so & so and therefore I can do all the things he can do"."I like this art so therefore I am". He can't commit to training, doesn't show up but for the occaisional scoff session at those that are there all the time. When he can't do what the others are doing it's beneath him and not important. He walks around pronouncing his talents, which are few, and never seen. He has all the equipment, yet it always looks brand new. Not a wear spot, battle scar, or fading. In other words never used. this is the guy you could never trust in the foxhole with you ! Mainly because he wouldn't even show up for the battle, but walk in after all the heavy lifting was done and proclaim his victory. This is the guy that deserves 'friendly fire".
Group 2. These are the guys that are there every session and asking when the next one is. They might have seen the information before but find new meaning each time it is shown to them. They don't ask when it's time to do it, it's just time to "git'er done". When times are tough, they get tougher and band together. They sweat and bleed together and help all those that want to jump in. No excuses, no bullshit. Their shirts are tattered, and their trainers are scarred. These are the guys you want at your back because you accomplish great things together, and your a good team without the super hero. Keep training hard for the day you need to be depended upon, and leave the super hero-ing for those living in comic book land.
Train Hard & Aim Center Mass
Aloha
Dana
I find the longer I train & teach martial arts that there are really only two types of martial art practitioners.
Group 1. These are the "super hero". The "I been there done that" guy. "I trained with so & so and therefore I can do all the things he can do"."I like this art so therefore I am". He can't commit to training, doesn't show up but for the occaisional scoff session at those that are there all the time. When he can't do what the others are doing it's beneath him and not important. He walks around pronouncing his talents, which are few, and never seen. He has all the equipment, yet it always looks brand new. Not a wear spot, battle scar, or fading. In other words never used. this is the guy you could never trust in the foxhole with you ! Mainly because he wouldn't even show up for the battle, but walk in after all the heavy lifting was done and proclaim his victory. This is the guy that deserves 'friendly fire".
Group 2. These are the guys that are there every session and asking when the next one is. They might have seen the information before but find new meaning each time it is shown to them. They don't ask when it's time to do it, it's just time to "git'er done". When times are tough, they get tougher and band together. They sweat and bleed together and help all those that want to jump in. No excuses, no bullshit. Their shirts are tattered, and their trainers are scarred. These are the guys you want at your back because you accomplish great things together, and your a good team without the super hero. Keep training hard for the day you need to be depended upon, and leave the super hero-ing for those living in comic book land.
Train Hard & Aim Center Mass
Aloha
Dana
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