Why?

Sifu Freitag and Sifu Playter both taught me a lesson beyond the lesson tonight. What I mean by that is they made me ponder a bit. What is the purpose of the lesson? What can the lesson be applied to? Why is the lesson important? 

Anytime we are instructed to do anything in a class, say a thrust kick for example, I do that to my best ability and call it that. However, that is only half the point. I find a lot of the time I fail to visualize or think about those vital questions. I did not catch the correlation between what was taught tonight and techniques used in board breaking until it was explained to me after. As well, I did not realize the fact that control played a big part in the exercise, and everything else for that matter.

I will definitely keep this in mind for next time and every time after that. I will open my mind more and be more inquisitive instead of just blindly doing what I'm told without thought. It's easier the grasp the "What" when you understand the "Why". Thanks for another great class, Sifus! See you all out there!