I Am Trying To Learn Martial Arts As Slowly As I Possibly Can!

I Am Trying To Learn Martial Arts As Slowly As I Possibly Can!

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This observation, that I am learning Martial Arts slowly, actually goes back to 1967-1968. I was in a type of Ed Parker Kenpo school at the time. What martial system I was studying doesn't matter, however for I found 'slow learning' was being done in every martial art being taught.

That doesn't mean I wasn't learning and having a ball. Heck, Martial Arts made life worth living, and the rite of passage is not equaled in other method in life. But, as I have said, I was learning pretty darned slowly.

The method of learning slowly was described to me as achieving 'plateaus.' I would go up a rank, learn new material, and then practice that new material for 4 - 6 months, and be bored with that new material after the first month. I knew what I had been taught, you see.

Somebody shows me a move, I practice it a dozen times, and then I can do it. I don't have to think about it, and don't really understand why I am supposed to practice something I know. And pretty much everybody is like this.

Intuitive learning is native to a human being, and human beings are the fastest learners around. Yet they are asked to memorize random sequences of moves, and then draw connections that don't, for the most part, exist. No wonder learning is hard; no wonder people quit.

Think of it this way: you are asked to memorize an algebra sequence, a trigonometry formula, learn negative addition, and then you call yourself a mathematician. Doesn't look too smart, does it? Yet that is the way the martial arts are given to people.

Well, of course, they come from countries which did not have logic, let alone broad public education, let alone an interest in the latest and greatest modern method. Doesn't mean their arts aren't great, they are, but they are slow. The method of learning is just slow, you see.

There are alternatives to this slow memorization of random moves, of course, one has to be willing to admit that the old methods are...old, and that it is okay to learn fast. We are our greatest resource, time to take the buckles off, undo the restraints, throw away the walkers...and get the lead out. After all, who would want to keep learning the martial arts as slowly as you can?


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