Student Stupidity

“We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.”
- Thucydides

I'd usually agree with this statement, with caveats of course. The students that are paying this tool half deserve the treatment if they are so blind to what's going on….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OFLKkKA4uc&eurl

I wish I could find the quote that sums this situation up - it goes along the lines of; If a student brags about his master being severe, one should wonder about the intellect of the student

Guaranteed Failure …

An excellent post here:
10 Steps You Can Take To Guarantee Failure

I'm guilty of pretty much all of these at some point or another. Putting a more Martial Arts slant on rule number 5 (below) I'd add 'Don't do – read/watch.' There are so many books and dvds on the martial arts these days, it's easy to think that just because you have read/watched a lot about technique and theory/philosophy that you are a good martial artist (ie. can apply what you know, both in fighting and in life). If only it was that easy!

“Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.” – Periander

5.  Don't Do – Talk - Because talk is easier than action, this step one of the easiest steps for you to take.  Try to fill up as much of your day with socializing as possible.  Talk about all the things you will do someday or that you were gonna do.  Just make sure you don't mess it up by doing anything productive.  Action is your enemy.  Embrace your excuses!

A few thoughts on practice and discipline

“When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win” – Ed Macauley

“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.” – Martha Graham

 "When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first." – Josiah Quincy

"The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose." – E.M. Gray

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell." – Buddha

Too late is tomorrow's life; live for today.

Kime – more than just ‘focus’?

Read this post:
Chiron – Kime

Every so often there is something that you know in a few minutes… and begin to understand in a few decades.

Well said.