August 22, 200916 yr HiMy name is Simon, im 23 and I recently took up the art of Shotokan. (By recently, I mean yesterday haha).I am looking forward to gaining any helpful information you guys can give me. "Wisdom.....Knowledge.....Discipline"
August 22, 200916 yr wotcher Humans say the Road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Why? Do they think there's ashortage of bad ones?Karm'Luk P'an Ku, "The Joy of Lucidity" CY 8633 (Andromeda)
August 22, 200916 yr Author wotcherWithout trying to sound disrespectful, what do you mean? "Wisdom.....Knowledge.....Discipline"
August 22, 200916 yr Hi there!Don't step out of techniques being demonstrated on you; there will be no stepping out of them if they are done faster, which whoever is demonstrating will have to do if you keep walking out of slow motion demonstrations. This can hurt; I had a student briefly who liked to walk out of takedowns as if to challenge them - so I had to actually DO the takedown once or twice on them. They didn't step out of that. =)Don't 'just go through the motions'. It is better to do a technique slowly and deliberately ten times with focus on where the power is going than to do a casual flail in the general shape of the technique desired 1,000 times.You are going to suck. A lot. You are going to flail around, fall down, and be a complete klutz. That goes away eventually. You'll still feel like a klutz, but in time, your definition of "clumsy" will refine to be better than the newer people's best technique. Don't think you are hopeless just because you're not very good when you start; if you ever find something that you are amazingly skilled at the first time you try it, give it up because it won't impress anyone. If it's worth doing, it's worth making a complete hash of to begin with. "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia
August 23, 200916 yr wotcherWithout trying to sound disrespectful, what do you mean?I believe that Vierna is saying to you...What's up? A greeting.Welcome to the martial arts and welcome to KF! **Proof is on the floor!!!
August 23, 200916 yr Welcome to KF! http://alphajiujitsu.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhRVuwbm__LwXPvFMReMww
August 23, 200916 yr wotcherWithout trying to sound disrespectful, what do you mean?I believe that Vierna is saying to you...What's up? A greeting.exactly... its just my way of saying HI Humans say the Road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Why? Do they think there's ashortage of bad ones?Karm'Luk P'an Ku, "The Joy of Lucidity" CY 8633 (Andromeda)
August 23, 200916 yr heh I think I saw that in Harry Potter xD I liked it, so I started using it Humans say the Road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Why? Do they think there's ashortage of bad ones?Karm'Luk P'an Ku, "The Joy of Lucidity" CY 8633 (Andromeda)
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