Millennial Martial Artist
Yellow Belt
I have been training in Taekwondo for a decade now, and in my time I have had the pleasure of training with a multitude of people from different backgrounds. Many of which have been seniors to me. However, I've noticed from most of them, a certain trait that was very appealing. They all seemed very humble! Now, my instructors, both brothers from Las Vegas, have recently earned their mastership. One of them wrote a mastership thesis on what humility is. In it, he speaks of arrogance, and how it can destroy a leader. He says "arrogance is the opposite of humility. In fact, arrogance is having an exaggerated sense of your own worth or ability" (Master Travis Dillow, The Value of Humility as A Leader: A Mastership Thesis by Master Travis Dillow). Now, of course most martial artists have seen those instructors who have gotten too full of themselves. They haven't learned humility, which I think is necessary for any martial artist. I see it as a kind of flow; through training comes humility, with humility, we gain honor, and through honor, we earn respect. What experience have others had with humility?