Monday, April 5, 2010

Everything is Kung-Fu

Do you recognize this statement?

This is one of Jackie Chan's lines in the upcoming "The Karate Kid" Movie.

My focus has always been to live by this statement.

When you practice martial arts, whether you're aware of it or not, puts you on a path of self-mastery.

Some never stick with it long enough to see and feel the effects of their training transfer to other areas of their life.

Others though, who possess self-discipline, commitment, and follow through, reap the rewards and start noticing the clear difference one feels by staying a martial artist.

When hours of repetition and dedicated focus are put into mastering various techniques, it doesn't take long that you catch yourself using the same techniques to master other skills outside the dojo.

Holding yourself to this high standard is infectious, in a good way. It will spread to everything you do.

Why would a student invest so much time harnessing the power of patience, awareness, balance, focus, visualization, repetition, consistency, and goal setting to become a great martial art practitioner and not want to improve all other areas of their life?

The answer is: They all do.

The one's that maintain their training all naturally gravitate towards a want to improve all other areas.

Like renovating a house. Don't be fooled by your spouse in thinking: "We'll just renovate the bathroom"

Soon after you'll want to renovate the kitchen. Then the living room, the master bath, etc...

And there's nothing wrong with that as long as you do the same with your most prized possession:

Your body and mind.

What are you doing to constantly upgrade your skills?

Either you become a martial artist today and get started in one of our schools and start reading FSD's Prime Literature.

If you're already a member or training in martial arts browse the product section and see what new skills you can acquire and add to your repertoire.

Master Yourself,

Sibok M

P.S. If you're not growing, you're dying. Avoid stagnation. Focus on constant and never ending improvement, only this will keep you on the path of self-mastery.

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