mruk4u
White Belt
Hi everyone,
I'm 'new' here having just joined, today.
I confess, I've always been a really big martial arts fan from ever since youngest childhood(age 5+). And, at age 43+ absolutely nothing's changed. I still love martial arts exactly just the same as when I was a mere kid - and, with the same amounts of tremendous enthusiasm, delight, wonder???
I study martial arts every now and then...different styles/different clubs/different instructors...but, never very seriously, I'm afraid...for example, at the most, for 2/3 months long I'd turn up regularly say once per week...; and, other weeks/months/years not!
In that sense I guess I'm truly a 'failed' martial artist...because, once you stop training then your body tends to revert back to being a complete beginner all over again. For example, I started studying martial arts through using books at around age 5...; and, started attending classes at around age 23(Aikido)...; and, now, I'm aged 43 years old...and, yet, I'm still a mere 'white belt' total beginner! Thus, none of my skills have ever managed to improve due to sheer lack of regular consistent practice.
-(I think, I have ADD-Attention Deficit Disorder. This makes it extremely difficult for me to be able to concentrate on sticking with learning any 'one' subject. Instead, my mind tends to wonder around all over the place...constantly, switching from one subject to the next...switching from say studying 'physical' martial arts...to studying something else entirely different, altogeather...such as remaining purely 'stationary' reading books. Currently, I'm not studying martial arts...; but, I am studying to speak both French/Japanese.)-
However, the really strange thing is...I found that once I'd started...then, it was truly impossible to stop entirely altogeather! I would describe it as...once you have been a witness to having seen the 'light' of what others can do.../and, also, both seen and felt what martial arts can do for you...especially, in terms of keeping you fit/strong/healthy/happy/peaceful/as well as, safe...then, it's awful hard to quite happily revert back to living in the 'total darkness' ever again!
Thus, whenever I stopped training...or, let myself get totally distracted by concentrating on doing many other things...I always found myself really and truly missing not going along to classes, anymore. Until there eventually comes a point when I just can't resist the urge...; and, I feel I have to get to a class...be it any class located absolutely anywhere, atall.
Anyway, in my time, I've gone and studied...both on and off...multiple styles in classes including...Aikido, Arnis, Brazillian JuJitsu, Capoeira, Chi Gung, Karate, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Iaido, Tai Chi, Wing Chun, -etc.
A lifetime of having studied martial arts has taught me only this one ***very important*** lesson...'There is no opponent; but, the self!'
Bye4now!/BEST wishes, always!/-Paul(UK/London)
PS: Have a NICE day!
;-)
I'm 'new' here having just joined, today.
I confess, I've always been a really big martial arts fan from ever since youngest childhood(age 5+). And, at age 43+ absolutely nothing's changed. I still love martial arts exactly just the same as when I was a mere kid - and, with the same amounts of tremendous enthusiasm, delight, wonder???
I study martial arts every now and then...different styles/different clubs/different instructors...but, never very seriously, I'm afraid...for example, at the most, for 2/3 months long I'd turn up regularly say once per week...; and, other weeks/months/years not!
In that sense I guess I'm truly a 'failed' martial artist...because, once you stop training then your body tends to revert back to being a complete beginner all over again. For example, I started studying martial arts through using books at around age 5...; and, started attending classes at around age 23(Aikido)...; and, now, I'm aged 43 years old...and, yet, I'm still a mere 'white belt' total beginner! Thus, none of my skills have ever managed to improve due to sheer lack of regular consistent practice.
-(I think, I have ADD-Attention Deficit Disorder. This makes it extremely difficult for me to be able to concentrate on sticking with learning any 'one' subject. Instead, my mind tends to wonder around all over the place...constantly, switching from one subject to the next...switching from say studying 'physical' martial arts...to studying something else entirely different, altogeather...such as remaining purely 'stationary' reading books. Currently, I'm not studying martial arts...; but, I am studying to speak both French/Japanese.)-
However, the really strange thing is...I found that once I'd started...then, it was truly impossible to stop entirely altogeather! I would describe it as...once you have been a witness to having seen the 'light' of what others can do.../and, also, both seen and felt what martial arts can do for you...especially, in terms of keeping you fit/strong/healthy/happy/peaceful/as well as, safe...then, it's awful hard to quite happily revert back to living in the 'total darkness' ever again!
Thus, whenever I stopped training...or, let myself get totally distracted by concentrating on doing many other things...I always found myself really and truly missing not going along to classes, anymore. Until there eventually comes a point when I just can't resist the urge...; and, I feel I have to get to a class...be it any class located absolutely anywhere, atall.
Anyway, in my time, I've gone and studied...both on and off...multiple styles in classes including...Aikido, Arnis, Brazillian JuJitsu, Capoeira, Chi Gung, Karate, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Iaido, Tai Chi, Wing Chun, -etc.
A lifetime of having studied martial arts has taught me only this one ***very important*** lesson...'There is no opponent; but, the self!'
Bye4now!/BEST wishes, always!/-Paul(UK/London)
PS: Have a NICE day!
;-)