Welcome back!This is a guest post from Oscar Del Ben. Oscar is the publisher of Freestyle Mind, one of the classiest personal development blogs on the web. In this article he talks about internal motivation in the martial arts and touches upon some of my favourite subjects, including fear and visualiztion. I hope you enjoy [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Development'
The Importance Of Internal Motivation In The Martial Arts
January 27th, 2010 · Comments · Personal Development
Tags: Development·Fear·FreestyleMind·Martial Success·Visualization
Why The Fundamentals Of Martial Arts Are Neglected
January 23rd, 2010 · Comments · Martial Musings
Thanks to my previous post on the importance of learning and continuing to practice the basics, a few people have asked why I think it is that so many martial artists are quick to neglect the basic techniques when it comes to training, so I thought I would try and answer that question here in [...]
The Basics- Remember Those?
January 17th, 2010 · Comments · Training Advice
It can be argued that the most important part of learning any martial art, no matter what the style, is properly learning the basics, and by basics I mean the basic techniques that go to make up the framework of the art- stances, footwork, striking, timing and distance etc., the bare bones of any fighting [...]
Tags: Development·Mastery·MMA·Technique·The Basics·Traditional
The Value of Persistence
December 28th, 2009 · Comments · Personal Development
You ever wonder why the drop-out rate amongst martial arts students is so high? Is it because the training is hard? Is it because it is repetitive and at times hard to enjoy? Is it because students realise that they really want to be doing something else? Or do they quit when their dreams of [...]
Tags: Development·Martial Success·Mastery·Motivation·Persistence·The Tipping Point
Shedding
November 28th, 2009 · Comments · Personal Development
Several months ago, just before I started this blog, I went through somewhat of an enlightening experience. I was at quite a low point in my life, I wasn’t at all happy with the direction it was going in and I could see that I had to make real changes if I wasn’t [...]
How to Cultivate an Indomitable Warrior Spirit
November 17th, 2009 · Comments · Personal Development
It is often said in life that it is the journey that matters and not the end result. We learn more from being on the journey than we do when we actually complete it. In martial arts training, it is also the journey that matters the most, not the rewards (the belts, trophies, [...]
Tags: Development·Injury·Martial Success·Motivation·Training Plateau·Warrior Spirit
Don’t Be A Mimic- The Right Way To Master Martial Arts
October 26th, 2009 · Comments · Training Advice
Just recently I read a very interesting article written by Matt over at Ikigai blog in which he explained the subtle difference in meaning between the two Japanese words “shirimasu” and “wakarimasu”, both of which seek to convey the concept of understanding, with shirimasu conveying a shallow understanding and wakarimasu conveying a much deeper understanding. [...]
Tags: Development·Martial Culture·Mastery·Mimickry·Technique·Traditional
Self Discipline- The Bedrock of Martial Arts Training
October 22nd, 2009 · Comments · Personal Development
Self-discipline is something that I have struggled with quite a lot over the years and I’d wager that many of you reading this have struggled with it as well. As human beings we always have to push ourselves in order to do even the simplest tasks. It seems we have a predilection for bouts of [...]
Do You Find It Hard To Commit To Training?
October 16th, 2009 · Comments · Personal Development
A friend of mine got injured the other week while training at the dojo. Not seriously, I’m glad to say, just a minor groin strain, but painful enough to keep him away from training. My friend, much like the rest of us, has had quite a few injuries of varying severity over the years but [...]
On Being A Warrior
September 27th, 2009 · Comments · Martial Musings
You know, these days, when you use the word warrior in a sentence, especially to describe yourself or someone else, people tend to throw you a funny look as if to say, “What are you talking about warriors for? This is the twenty-first century; there are no warriors in the twenty-first century. I [...]
Tags: Development·Psychology·Warriorship
