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Lyle Bogin · 05-13-2002, 02:53 PM

I have always found that my biggest improvements are made off of the mat. The mat is where I can be exposed to concepts and experiment, but I find that off the mat, in meditation and isolation, I make my greatest discoveries.

That being said, there is still no substitute for mat time.

05-13-2002, 02:53 PM	#7
Lyle Bogin Dojo: Shin Budo Kai Location: Manhattan Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 588 Offline	I have always found that my biggest improvements are made off of the mat. The mat is where I can be exposed to concepts and experiment, but I find that off the mat, in meditation and isolation, I make my greatest discoveries. That being said, there is still no substitute for mat time.