When Do Studies Become Studied?

[sensei8]

If I'm studying, then I'm learning, and if I've studied, then I'm done!?! Then by it's own logic, aren't I'm now becoming stagnate?

Let the discussions begin!!

[MasterPain]

I would rather be treated by a vet with current continued education than an MD who received a doctorate 20 years ago and hasn't been in practice since.

[ps1]

If I'm studying, then I'm learning, and if I've studied, then I'm done!?! Then by it's own logic, aren't I'm now becoming stagnate?

Yes. For example. I have studied Tae Kwon Do. It was from ages 6 through 9. However, I have not done so since that time (I'm 32 now). So, in regards to TKD, I'm not only stagnate, but actually have lost much of the knowledge I had gained in that art.

That's the hard truth about what we do. It's a perishable skill. Therefore, when you stop doing it, you lose your abilities.

So it's only studied when you stop doing it. Hence the use of past tense.

[bushido_man96]

This is interesting. I can now get somewhat philosphical....that which I rarely do...

...so here goes.....

"Studies" are those subjects we are taught to by another, learn, practice, do more of, and then test on, for the most part (in school and in the Martial Arts). Once the test is taken, it has been Studied. But, nothing says you can't Study your Studies again. And not just for review. You begin to analyze it, pick it apart, put it back together, and keep doing those things. Studies are Studied continually. Reviewed constantly.

So, we truly never do stop learning.