From the Masters of Another Place

[CageSage]

Currently, we are roofless in one section of our house, and had to move a lot of stuff from one place to another. Opportunity to toss some of the dross collected and never touched.

Found: a box with all my training notes from a Master (martial arts), which read:

Excellence in technique does not make a master, however, mastery is not reached without excellence in technique.

I think I may add that to the wall of aphorisms I plaster next to the computer. It applies to martial arts, to writing, to singing/music/dance, art, everything. Just knowing how to do something, and do it well, isn't enough unless the passion and intensity accompany it.

It was worth the digging.

 

[Barbara]

Found: a box with all my training notes from a Master (martial arts), which read:

Excellence in technique does not make a master, however, mastery is not reached without excellence in technique.

One of my Kung Fu masters was also full of wise quotes; something along the lines of:

Once you've mastered the technique, you can free yourself from its constraints and explore the truth within.

At first, I thought he was the world's biggest clever clogs, then I started to see the light ...

 

[Catherine Le Bars]

The only thing I recall from my Taekwondo classes at Uni, was the concept of 'indomitable spirit'. It taught me to see obstacles as opportunities, and in the words of Galaxy Quest... Never give up, never surrender

 

[Hannah F]

Practice makes permanence so learn to perfect - trampoline coach