Full disclosure: I'm the 'E' in the above post, just in case.
One of the wonderful things about martial arts is that 'you have a whole lifetime' to figure it out and get good at it. My friend Tennis, who is an amazing swordsman and jujutsuka is very fond of reminding me of this when I mumble something about not having a technique just right.
It's a personal path, really, as with anything else, and as such you end up seeking fulfillment through your learning and not from someone else's praise (though a bit of that always helps in keeping you going.) You seek, or accept guidance from others who are more skilled or who have some insight you may have missed, but they're not the ones who define where you are going.
Taking the time to get it right is more important than just breezing through and superficially understanding it or making it 'look pretty.'
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Date: 2011-09-14 10:40 pm (UTC)One of the wonderful things about martial arts is that 'you have a whole lifetime' to figure it out and get good at it. My friend Tennis, who is an amazing swordsman and jujutsuka is very fond of reminding me of this when I mumble something about not having a technique just right.
It's a personal path, really, as with anything else, and as such you end up seeking fulfillment through your learning and not from someone else's praise (though a bit of that always helps in keeping you going.) You seek, or accept guidance from others who are more skilled or who have some insight you may have missed, but they're not the ones who define where you are going.
Taking the time to get it right is more important than just breezing through and superficially understanding it or making it 'look pretty.'