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Old 07-02-2011, 04:09 PM   #22
Mario Tobias
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: Your "big break" in Aikido

my big break in aikido came in my 15th or 16th year, i cant remember exactly. the thing is i was so disappointed that all through those years I still cant get the techniques to work correctly. there were times I'd ask myself whether to continue or quit.

then suddenly, with the practices now going on my 22nd, it seemed like a lightbulb turned on and can now make them work. The effectiveness of the techniques seemed to have come out from nowhere. I also now quickly understand the principles behind the techniques and can explain them to the junior, or even senior grades. This is when I realized that learning is not a linear slope but a series of steps where you'll encounter "quantum" leaps and plateaus. As with the plateaus, the challenge is to survive those plateaus no matter how long it takes.

Don't quit as you might be in the ending phases of that plateau before you make another jump. If you quit, you'll never know.

Last edited by Mario Tobias : 07-02-2011 at 04:17 PM.
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