So give me some thoughts on something. . .
How much of what you know as a martial artist, and the abilities that you have gained, has come from what you have learned in class from your instructor and how much has come from your out-of-class study, such as experimenting with your art in various ways, reading texts written by masters and gaining insight from other practitioners?
I hope my question is clear. My feeling is that truly great instructors are pretty rare. Most are, as the very word implies, pretty average. So what does it take to become a great practitioner when the best you have available is a merely average training environment?
How much of what you know as a martial artist, and the abilities that you have gained, has come from what you have learned in class from your instructor and how much has come from your out-of-class study, such as experimenting with your art in various ways, reading texts written by masters and gaining insight from other practitioners?
I hope my question is clear. My feeling is that truly great instructors are pretty rare. Most are, as the very word implies, pretty average. So what does it take to become a great practitioner when the best you have available is a merely average training environment?