Re: Better For What?
When I teach patients at the hospital, I try to teach them Why.
When I taught a young Hispanic woman about keeping her central line clean and covered to avoid infections, she found herself without dressing supplies and her old dressing coming off. She cleaned the area well, secured sterile gauze to her chest with duct tape, keeping the puncture wound sterile and the dressing intact. No infection. I never taught her that kind of MacGyvering, she just knew the Why, the principles.
For martial arts practice, if I don't Understand How a movement or a tool relates to the same basics I was taught on day 1, or I don't Understand What I am doing and how to use it to full advantage (or what disadvantages are present), I'm probably doing it wrong. Not getting it - not really doing it. No understanding of How, Why, What; no intention. Probably half-hearted practice or skipping the movement altogether in solo practice. Thousands of minimally informed (or uninformed) repetitions.
Thanks, I always enjoy your writing.
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