Coordinated Progression As the mental awareness starts growing in a martial artists the body movements all become more precise and crisp. They are quicker smarter and better coordinated. The climb for a martial artist is slow but definite. It requires dedication focus and determination. It takes the sustained ability of practicing everyday ,making time for the practice despite one’s schedule. This is often not easy but here again starts the first lesson in time management which is a must in all spheres of life whether it is in corporations or in bureaucracy or in self employed professions or in other business. The basic principles then start dawning on a martial artist slowly steadily but surely and permanently. Life begins to look different and people begins to look different as the ability to recognize a person starts developing in a martial artist. Automatically then comes the keen powers of observing ,listening, talking politely but firmly and the fist level ability to judge a person. I read on a poster ‘ be careful who you trust as the devils was also an angel once.’ Mistakes take place because there are times when the martial artists listen to only their heart and more mistakes take place because at times a martial artist only listens to the brain. From these mistakes in everyday life it is easy to make out who has reached what level in martial arts. Everyone initially feels that as you move higher it gets easier. Not true at all. It gets tougher.It isn’t that those at higher levels do different things it is just that they do it differently. Like I always repeated to my Teachers when I was fed up and wanted to give up ..’It is always clean up or carry water or go to the market and again it is clean up ..repeat!’ But, as the years went by I realized that in the simplicity of movements lies the effectiveness of martial arts. The simpler the move the greater the impact. No matter what level we reach I always remind everyone to stick to the basics. The basics remain the same only the techniques become superior when you are blessed with the ability to do so. Even the timing of a person gets better and faster and one does not realize it immediately themselves but this growing progression is recognized by all Teachers, Instructors and Trainers. It is in the weak areas of our character or personality that we are hit hardest and we keep getting hit just there till we have corrected the weakness. If we allow anyone to get at us repeatedly then the responsibility is ours for despite being given all the signs we have trusted over and over again.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 07:31:43 +0000
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