D for Determined

 

The ABC's of Self Defense

Those who practice self defense regularly learn much more than physical skills.  Martial arts training is more about conquering the inner self than control over another.  Basically, if you cannot control yourself, how can you control another?  You many be able to pull it off occasionally, but I doubt you will be consistent.

We become more and more determined the more we practice anything, especially physical things.  Hard work and hard training, go hand in hand.  There is a slight degree of suffering when training hard.  This is not referred to as suffering, but rather character building.

Adversity makes us tougher...if we pay attention to the lessons.  Dogs in extreme heat will either look for shade or lay down and possibly die.  They do not assess the heat situation as we would and this could have disastrous results.  Our training teaches us to keep going and never give up.  This does not mean continue on a bad path, but rather look at our current situation and change course if necessary.  We may go slightly off track at first, but with proper focus and determination, we can continue on towards our goals.

Nothing happens in a straight line.  There are ups and downs in anything.  Look at someone who is successful long term and may look at where they are today, but not realize what it took to get there...determination.

Next time we will talk about Empowerment.

Ciao!

Mark

Mark Kline

Architect of the PinPoint™ Method