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Old 07-21-2006, 07:56 AM   #14
Don_Modesto
Dojo: Messores Sensei (Largo, Fl.)
Location: Florida
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Dealing with the 'Salieri trap'

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But seriously? I do not see asking other people how they deal with frustration is somehow less of an aikido question than asking about tatoos, relationships in dojos, why martial art stores seem to only be online, or getting in a bathtub full of freezing cold water... All of which have been topics here at aikiweb (most in the last 2 months or so).
Managed to ignore those. Your problem is a knack for the catchy title. Geez, Salieri after all...
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Pauliina Lievonen wrote:
Greener grass, if you really mean it that you want to change this, then just do.
Or not.

Competitive sports coaches have known forever that athletes do better against opponents than against the clock, e.g.

Aikido famously lacks competition, a version of Occam's razor. Maybe this feeling ought to be leveraged rather than quelled, UPAYA and all that.

"RAH RAH REE! KICK 'EM IN THE KNEE,
RAH RAH RASS! KICK 'EM IN THE OTHER KNEE!

...or not...
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For the record - preaching to myself here...
Me, too. Always.

Don J. Modesto
St. Petersburg, Florida
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