One at a Time

This week I thought of the concept of taking one lesson and expanding it to your entire skill set. I started thinking about how much effort it takes to overcome old habits and reinforce new ones in your training. If you try to improve or fix too many concepts they will be less effective and lose their effect.

This makes me think about teaching. It is more effective to teach and review one concept at a time rather than attempting to introduce several ideas at once, expecting any results. Through repetition, the students will get more out of focusing on one goal, allowing them to take on other concepts sooner.

One concept I am personally working on at the moment is my stances. I wish to perfect the purity of my stance, being mindful in the style the stance represents and the intent it can display. I will continue to work on this one concept until I feel ready to take anything else on. The stance is the base of all of your techniques. The stronger the base, the stronger the technique.