Outside my window-
Have you ever watched a squirrel?
I live in the forest, and have had the opportunity to observe their behavior.
They are relentless when trying to get to our bird feeders.
They are fast, athletic, and fearless. At 20 ft above the ground, they jump several times their length from branch to branch.
So why do they end up as road kill?
Because of indecision. With all of their speed, cunning and natural ability the inability to make up their mind cost them their lives.
This too is why we train.
First we are not conscious of what we do- unconscious incompetence
Then we learn what we are doing wrong- conscious incompetence
Hopefully we progress to where we can execute, when we focus- conscious competence
Kihon should ingrain it into the very fiber of our being. unconscious competence.
Training allows our bodies to perform not what it wants to do, but react as it was trained to do.
I was thinking of this as sensei was asking us to make up our minds before we step up to the target.
By the time we adress the "enemy" in this case the wara we should already know what were are about to do. Any adjustments, or what we want to accomplish should have been decided on.
Easier to say than to execute.
Just don't want to end up as road kill.
I live in the forest, and have had the opportunity to observe their behavior.
They are relentless when trying to get to our bird feeders.
They are fast, athletic, and fearless. At 20 ft above the ground, they jump several times their length from branch to branch.
So why do they end up as road kill?
Because of indecision. With all of their speed, cunning and natural ability the inability to make up their mind cost them their lives.
This too is why we train.
First we are not conscious of what we do- unconscious incompetence
Then we learn what we are doing wrong- conscious incompetence
Hopefully we progress to where we can execute, when we focus- conscious competence
Kihon should ingrain it into the very fiber of our being. unconscious competence.
Training allows our bodies to perform not what it wants to do, but react as it was trained to do.
I was thinking of this as sensei was asking us to make up our minds before we step up to the target.
By the time we adress the "enemy" in this case the wara we should already know what were are about to do. Any adjustments, or what we want to accomplish should have been decided on.
Easier to say than to execute.
Just don't want to end up as road kill.
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Hugh of St. Victor describes three stories (floors) of acquiring knowledge: correct, useful and habituatl.
On the first we learn the knowledge until we know it, and it is correct. On the second, we learn to apply the knowledge and make it useful. On the third storey, we internalize the knowledge and make it part of us.