In today’s society too many people want a free ride, Allan Jones was saying that during his trips to China whenever he takes a taxi he is asked where he comes from and when he replies Australia, the drives says “oh that’s the place where you don’t have to work and you still get paid, very special place”. Whilst I don’t mind people being given a hand up I am not too fussed on the handouts.
What is it with all of the excuses why people can’t make training? Whilst I have no problems with people having lives of their own surely they can’t expect to grade if they have not done the work. Recent events have had me thinking about the lack of understanding of the martial arts from those who train and those that don’t.
So here it is – Martial Arts are about self improvement and that comes in a variety of packages but they can only be achieved through consistent training, it’s that simple. No airs, No graces just simple hard consistent disciplined training.
There are many fitness programs which say work at your pace and you’ll see the results – RUBBISH. This is one of the biggest lies marketers put out there to get people in. You are already working at your pace and this is why you come to training because working at your pace isn’t working. Guess what training is hard, fair but hard and yes we will push you physically, mentally and emotionally because we want YOU to IMPROVE.
How will you know if you are improving? well apart from having a look in the mirror we also hold gradings where you get to perform under pressure? And no you can’t get ready for a grading in 2 weeks it takes months and years to be ready for a grading which is where the consistent part comes in.
Will two nights a week do? Sure if you don’t want to improve, but I suggest that if you want to improve then you will have to train 24 hours a day for a long time. WHAT? I hear you say, yep you will have to eat healthy, get enough sleep, practise what you were taught in class, think positively throughout the day, work towards improving your entire life, research and document various ways of training to improve your flexibility, endurance, strength etc.
Finally there are two words which you will have to learn to love – Sacrifice and Sweat for without these you will never achieve your full potential.
So there it is, the martial arts are hard and demanding.
See you next week at training.
Kyoshi Brad
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