Thursday, April 10, 2008

Put your mind in your practice

To be skillful in martial arts requires time and effort. You have to first learn the techniques properly to be able to do them efficiently. Learning body mechanics takes patience. It takes practice to perfect the movements.

To be effective in martial arts you have to create a focused, bellicose mindset with the physical practice.

Having great mechanics and practicing martial arts without having a focused combative mindset is like doing a dance. You might execute the movements flawlessly. You might have perfect form. But, you are not practicing martial arts.

Just because someone does a Kata does not mean they are practicing martial arts. When you do the movements of a Kata without the proper combative mindset, it is like a Ferrari without gasoline to make it move. The car won't move without gasoline. It might look great, but it is useless in actually getting you somewhere. Practicing your Kata like this won't take you anywhere in your development of martial arts. It is a waste of time.

What is important?

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