MOTIVATION

[Alan Armstrong]

What motivates you to continue your journey in martial arts?

[bushido_man96]

Different things at different times. Right now, its the will to carry on so that I don't lose everything that I've built up to this point. By this time next year, there may be a totally different motivating factor in my life.

[MatsuShinshii]

Self discovery.

Because I discover something I didn't know about the art or about myself every year. I've been studying the arts for 41 years and my chosen art for 35+ of those years. I see no reason to stop now.

[sensei8]

Perfection through knowledge and experience and practice!!

I'm not perfect, nor is anyone else, for that fact!! However, in the searching of that perfection, for me, is not a wasteful life on the floor. Will I ever find that perfection in myself through knowledge and experience and practice?? NO, I WILL NOT!!

I'm content knowing that, yet, I'll not ever stop in the search of perfection!! I'm complete in my MA totality through my never ending search for that allusive perfection!!

[JR 137]

My unrelenting desire to be better than I thought I can be. Being better at the little things and the overall picture. I’ve never once not wanted to go train. There’s been some no-brainer times when I needed to be somewhere else during my regular class time. I still go back and forth in my head of should I go to class, can I do both if if things go right, or how can I juggle my schedule the next day to make up for it. Then in the appropriate circumstances tell myself to get my priorities in order, as there are things way more important than in life than an hour and a half karate class.

I’ve never lacked motivation to get to the dojo. I can’t say the same for most other things in life though.

[Spartacus Maximus]

Quite simply after having been involved in martial arts, mostly the same karate since early childhood it is just impossible to imagine not training. When training has been part of one’s life for a certain time there comes a point where one just does it without consciously thinking of a reason why or a specific motivation.

At That point, being awake and standing if all the motivation needed to do anything. One just does it because it is the thing to do. Like eating when hungry and sleeping when tired.

[sensei8]

Quite simply after having been involved in martial arts, mostly the same karate since early childhood it is just impossible to imagine not training. When training has been part of one’s life for a certain time there comes a point where one just does it without consciously thinking of a reason why or a specific motivation.

At That point, being awake and standing if all the motivation needed to do anything. One just does it because it is the thing to do. Like eating when hungry and sleeping when tired.

Top notch solid post; I wholeheartedly concur!!