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- Ralph Waldo Emerson"As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man, who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble."
VanVan Canna wrote:
Well...it has been my experience that where the experienced athlete looks...the inexperienced athlete scoffs
Even in the replay, the announcers don't get it. They "scoff" at the QB and comment on the wide receiver's vertical leap.And Russel dancing out there, whips this one downfield to particularly no-one, and coming from out of the blue is Early Doucet... I don't know how he made that catch!
Bill Glasheen wrote:That's a wonderful set of observations, Max.maxwell ainley wrote:
Bill,
There are a couple of stories on the actual attack upon Kanbun, one is were the attacker is at the other side of a hedge ,which needs to be jumped to get to grips with the attacker .
The other is in bushes ,with no mention of jumping .Kanbun pulled the attacker via ,as if climbing a rope ,to get to grips .
Max.
As novice students, we eat these stories up like junk food. We want to believe. But reality strikes when we spend decades on the floor, the mats, and training with reality-based specialists. We drop the story for a bit and then come back to it with a fresh perspective. Or we forget about it completely until one day we've assimilated a concept and then the "Aha!" principle strikes our brain.
The reason why hearsay isn't admissible in court is for the very reason this "story" has to be taken with a grain of salt. Do I believe Kanbun was attacked? Yes. Do I believe the storyteller got it right? No... and neither do most senior seniors. Over time people like me learn to squint our eyes, and picture how "it" could have happened should we have been in his shoes. And if our reality matches a plausible version of the story, then our martial paradigm is validated.
The reason why I loved the original clip I posted is because it illustrates a principle without getting overly pedantic about the specifics. On first blush, the untrained eye sees chaos. But the knowledgeable eye sees something different.
People like Van and I see organized behavior within the chaos. And I would put someone like Rory in the gifted, visionary category. Rarely do you see someone so experienced able to pull so much crazy behavior and reduce it down to 10 basic rules. But that's Rory, that's the way I like to do things, and that's the KISS world that Van often aspires to.
And the rest of it? That's what separates the talkers from the doers. At some point, the Nike princple (Just do it!) must take hold. At least half of it is in the special character it takes to execute while the world goes to hell around you. Any specific application undoubtedly involves myriad nuances that are difficult to put in words.
But the doers see "it" as clear as the hands in front of their faces. Everyone else just sees... chaos.
Good stuff!
- Bill
Friends who know me know that I cannot sit in a restaurant with my back to the room. I just can't do it. I'd rather sit elsewhere, or go outside.maxwell ainley wrote:
Bill ,
The two stories also portray instincts ,one type is ; a forewarning of a something lurking ,followed by a glint of steel .
The other one is; a instinctive reaction to incoming steel.
