Tournament Fighting: 99% Mental, 1% Physical

[Killer Miller]

Nice Article, but I disagree as well. It's actually the other way around. 99% physical, and 1% mental. The 1% would represent the Conscious mind for your current surroundings, and 99% of the sub-conscious mind for the database of learned techniques - which comes from the 99% physical training becoming muscle memmory when competing. Hence the saying of "Mizu No Koko Ro" (Mind Like Water) as stated in my Mind Dumping article.

- Killer -

[Dragn]

Its hard to put a percentage to it really.

But one thing I've learned is this.

You can be the best fighter in the room, but if you aren't mentally prepared you can loose to the weakest guy.

And it goes the other way too. Just because you aren't as physically tallented as your opponent, if you go out there and fight with all your heart, you can still beat him.

Physical training is of course of prime importance . Without the physical skills programed into your body memory, you dont have the tools to work with. But the world is full of talented athletes who never acheived their potential because their mind set was working against them.

Knowing how to train your mind for success is an integral part of any competitive sport these days.