The one tip you would give

Posted by: jkdwarrior

The one tip you would give - 04/15/08 07:15 PM

If you were only permitted to give a single hint to a prospective MAist, what would it be?

To start things off, here's mine-

Find your centre
Posted by: JMWcorwin

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/15/08 08:11 PM

Relax - if it takes too much strength, you're doing it wrong.
Posted by: Seiken

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/15/08 11:19 PM

Think.
Posted by: GriffyGriff

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/16/08 02:22 AM

Do not think, feel and keep the movements flowing into each other.
Posted by: Neko456

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/16/08 11:28 AM

The Mind is the most powerful weapon. If intermediate or advanced.

If new.

Listen, Learn and apply.
Posted by: Seiken

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/16/08 12:06 PM

Quote:

Do not think, feel and keep the movements flowing into each other.



Right, because knowing and learning the movements magically happens. Whether you rely on feeling and flow or not, you still have to think. Seriously, what are you going to do when your opponent is not touching you? Feel the air? Sure you can sense rhythm and timing, but this requires a certain thought process, and this is called thinking.

Next time your training, pay attention to how much you think when your feeling. Youll be surprised.
Posted by: JKogas

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/16/08 12:33 PM

Control/check your ego at the door.
Posted by: MattJ

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/16/08 01:32 PM

Apply what you learn.
Posted by: oldman

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/16/08 02:36 PM

Ask not for whom the belt tolls… …it tolls for thee.
Posted by: Supremor

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/17/08 08:15 AM

Be nice.

Everybody loves to help a nice guy.
Posted by: JoshuaMonjin

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/17/08 02:01 PM

Don't get caught up in the issue of length of training versus advancement. It shouldn't be day 10 of training or day 333, it is just another day and take what comes.
Posted by: jkdwarrior

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/17/08 06:23 PM

Good one supremor
Posted by: Glockmeister

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/18/08 08:54 PM

pay attention
Posted by: Demonologist437

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/19/08 01:17 AM

Get beyond fear.

Fear of asking questions, fear of disappointing the instructor, fear of being hit, fear of the unkown, fear of change, fear of the new, fear of uncharted territory, fear of being stigmatized, fear of not fitting in with the thoughts of clan/tribe, or fear of expressing honestly what you feel is inside of you.

Because, in my mind, until you manage to make that leap in conciousness everything you will be doing up until then will simply be for the process of eventually doing so.
Posted by: Seiken

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/19/08 09:02 PM

Quote:


Because, in my mind, until you manage to make that leap in conciousness everything you will be doing up until then will simply be for the process of eventually doing so.



Posted by: Ronin1966

Re: The one tip you would give - 04/20/08 08:31 PM


"...learn where you need to draw your personal boundries..."

Jeff
Posted by: skinters

Re: The one tip you would give - 05/26/08 05:57 AM

never give up, dont look for quick results, train with honesty,and get into the spirit of it .
Posted by: GriffyGriff

Re: The one tip you would give - 05/26/08 06:28 AM

Put it away, it is not big and it is not funny
Posted by: BruceLee94

Re: The one tip you would give - 05/28/08 10:12 AM

I have to: just think as them as separate posts:

Keep an open mind, don't rule anything out completely.

Practice, so that when a situation arises, you don't have to think, you do it automatically.