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- There are many paths in the martial arts... but how do you know if you're on the right one? Bigger question--should you be following along in someone else's path at all?
In this podcast, let's talk about the choices we make in the martial arts.
Keep fighting for a happy life! :)
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I remember what Bruce Lee said: "Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own.".
Interesting topic Ando Sensei. 👍
A great quote. Thanks for saying hi! 🙏🏻
My favorite content creator is back
Bless you for saying that! 🙏🏻
Its interesting, I've been having similar thoughts about age and what kind of training fits best for me recently. I took up boxing last year after not training any martial art seriously in a couple years and it has been a blast! I learned so many things I don't think I could have learned otherwise. But I can't help but think that If I stay too long, eventually my brain and body are going to pay the price.
I've got my ribs fractured by a sparring partner with a chip on his shoulder, i've had issues with people not pulling their punches and a couple times left sparring with slight headaches. As enjoyable as it is, I want to be able to continue to practice martial arts for as long as possible and keep my brain and body in shape as long as I can.
Obviously injuries can't be completely avoided, but I can imagine there's a reason I'm the oldest guy there at 34. After my first amateur match, I'm going to try a goju ryu place in town.
It’s great that you’re already thinking about the future. I’d agree that limiting damage (especially to the brain) is a huge factor to consider. Thankfully, you already know what it’s like to hit and get hit, so you can carry that experience with you wherever you go. Happy training!👍🏼
Perhaps you should also try out judo
Closest judo gym to me is about an hour and a half drive unfortunately. I'd love to try it someday though! Every jodoka I've ever met has been really friendly.
I love this one. I'm going to steal the line and essentially add to it. "Don't train to train train to learn and ultimately transcend".
Go forth and conquer! 👍🏼
like always a deep insight, for martial arts and for our daily life,
Thank you for the kind words, Salvatore! 🙏🏻
Great video! I related to just about everything you stated. I began my martial arts journey (judo) at 14. At 17, I discovered Shotokan and realized that it was my calling. I was honored to compete for several years under the guidance of Frank Smith, a world-class competitor and instructor. He would sometimes say to me that, as a little guy, maybe I should try "this" or "that" strategy. When I began my training with him, I was a nidan who lacked sparring confidence. He taught me to cultivate an aggressive strategy and find what did or did not work for me. That's when I realized that confidence comes from within. I had the skills. I learned to combine them with confidence. Also, along the way, I trained in Tai Chi, Aikido, and eventually, at 39, began my training in BJJ under the Machado brothers. It's been a wonderful journey experiencing all of my various senseis. And you are right, they all bring their own teaching methods. and although, at 70, my body is limiting my training, I'm still able to teach.
You have definitely had an amazing journey… so far! Thanks for an extra dose of inspiration. Keep fighting! 🙏🏻
Basically reaffirming that martial arts are ultimately taking all you have learned and been exposed to, and taking what works for you, and elevating it to your own level.
That sounds like a reasonable summary! 😁🙏🏻
Thank you Ando, that story gave me a lot to think about.
Pleased to hear that! Happy thinking! 😁👍🏼
This video is fun and important. Thank you happy 2024
Much appreciated, sir! Happy 2024! 👍🏼
Always brilliant content.
Thank you👍
Very kind! Thank you! 🙏🏻
Thank you Sensai for another insightful and thought provoking video!🙏👍😊
It is always an honor to hear you enjoyed the podcast, my friend. Thank you! 🙏🏻
Another life lesson that started out as a comment on martial arts. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Ando. ❤
My pleasure! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏻
Thank you for this great video as usually🙏🏻
My pleasure, Ingrid! Thanks for being! 🙏🏻
I enjoyed your video as usual. Thank you.
It’s my pleasure! Thanks for saying hello!
welcome back dude, also nice background.
Appreciate that! Thanks for being here, too!🙏🏻
Great teaching Ando, now that I am in the fourth quarter of life, I realize more yin with some yang is best for me as a pure yang approach is not sustainable or prudent.
I feel every word of that, my friend! 😄 Keep fighting any way we can!
3 universal truths: paradox, humor, and change
Well said! 🙏🏻
I cant take credit for it, it's an idea from "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" written by Dan Millman
@@MikesDadviceGot it! 👍🏼
When I teach tennis I will say this.
I'm teaching you my style. My style is reliant on balance. It doesn't depend on speed, power, precision, etc.
When you learn from someone else, they'll teach you a different way.
There is no one way.
"There is more than one way to skin a cat."
Excellent!
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, it is really brilliant how you pick up the small issues and let them evolve into fundamental thoughts 'about things'. I really had to think about this. First impression: Wisdom sounds like foolishness as soon as you speak wisdom. If you whoop someone's a... he surely will not think about, if yin or yang was the cause of his defeat. Well, if you succeed, it seems like you've chosen the right way, right? Wrong. So often I heard 'winners' criticizing themselves, this or that would have been 'better' it could have teached the aggressor a lesson, although they won, something alike.
But was it the best you could do? You did the best to stop the threatening situation, you did the best to prevent from being hurt, you did your best, what about the best for the other ones, the society, people, public... you just wanted not to get hurt on the first place.
Of cause you teach that, what you learned, what you experienced, it worked. If you are a great teacher, you teach what you think, it might work for your student. If you are a great student, you work out on your own, what to adapt from your teacher, and than adjust to your physics, what is useful. "You are too big for Karate anyway" was my Sensei's comment on my lack of suppleness and I 'wear' it with pride. Find your way, and go it. This is the wisdom and spoken out foolishness of master and student in one sentence. If you want to be great at being you, be you. Again foolishness, hope it sounds wise🫤
Appreciate the thoughtful comment. 🙏🏻 Yes, it sounds wise… but I’m going to keep processing to make sure! 😄
Great video! I am your new subscriber. Greetings from Poland!
Welcome! Thanks for being here! 🇺🇸🇵🇱
There’s not always only one answer to any question
True enough! 👍🏼
Excellent video as always. Towards the end though, I disagree slightly with the comment than yin and yang together is a paradox. It's only a paradox by our typical western thinking, where we like to think of things in isolation or opposites. I like to use the cycling analogy. When you pedal a bicycle, you drive one pedal down, while yielding to the upward force of the other. Then when the other pedal is at the top of the stroke, you push that down and yield to first. Both pedals are attached to the same crank. And combining the simultaneous force on one side and yield on the other together is what pushes us forward on our journey.
A great example of complementary forces! That’s makes it very clear. Thank you for sharing! 🚴
It's more of a kind of a philosophical point, but it's also literally true: it's ourselves and our thinking habits that create opposites; the labels and descriptions for them don't exist in nature outside of our thinking. It's just an inaccurate shorthand that we use for reality to give ourselves a frame of reference. The practitioner, their mental and physical state, their ability to absorb what is being taught, the experience and the ability of the instructor TO teach are all variables contributing to the result, no matter how assessed, and there really are no absolutes and so no opposites involved in that result.
@@Malt454 Great insight! Thanks for contributing!
@@AndoMierzwa - You're most welcome. I don't know if you've done anything on the topic, but could you look at the value of meditation, not in spiritual/mystical/religious terms, but as a method for physiological/psychological/priorities reset?
I've recently taken in up along the lines of Sam Harris' guidance and it's really made a difference for me.
@@Malt454 Glad you found a tool that helps! I did one podcast years ago about meditating, but it was audio only. Might be time to revisit. :)
I lerned this from being a painter Apprentice. I worked with many painters and they all worked very differently. And it was kind of simular. My main Teacher one could say was very Yang. While I myself is very Yin.
It was very frustrating at many times that he told me. No that does not work! While I know It works, I done it, I seen others do it that way. But I lerned to be more balanced which I think is the better way for me.
To much Yang it takes ages. To much yin will make a mess and bad results.
Exactly right! Conflicting wisdom is everywhere. 😄 Thank you for sharing! 🙏🏻
@@AndoMierzwa Thanks for reading (:
Everybody knows the story of the Turtle and the Hare. The turtle wins in the fable.
In real life they are equal.
The rabbit runs so fast, but lives a short period of time.
The turtle walks so slow, but lives hundred of years.
If you race them from birth to death, they cover the same distance.
If you ask a rabbit, it will tell you"Live fast, die young."
A turtle, "Live long and prosper"
They are both right, for themselves, not for you.
You need a different mixture. A different mix of black and white.
The concept of Yin Yang is in fact about balance. The opponent is very Yang, so I must be very Yin. If he's too hot, then I must be too cold. So the reason why you would go all the way Yin is because he's going all the way Yang. Otherwise, you on your own should be already a balance of Yin and Yang. Hence, the symbol of Yin Yang, a symmetrical mix of the black and white. That's just philosophy though.
Balance, indeed. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you Ando for a great eye opening lesson. I'm training muay thai and mma for the past 4.5 years. I feel like I growing as an fighter(amateur) but my training is very sport based. Do you think that most top level guys are also good martial artists or that's not even happening most of the times? Thank you in advance.
Top level guys in combat sports will always have an edge over the average athlete and especially those who have no training… that’s in the ring or not. But it’s also important to consider weapons, multiple attackers, and larger opponents. Even a little preparation for those scenarios can go a long way. Thank you for saying hi! 🙏🏻
Great video. Where do you think you fall on the spectrum?
Well, I transcend all time, space, and style, of course.😄
I like to think of myself more of a counter striker just like my style of chess but need to practice this in slow motion and work my way up, I got decent at chess by going into battle and making mistakes, does that make any sense?
That makes zero sense. But keep going anyway! 😄👍🏼
@@AndoMierzwa :D
The great ultimate, more of everything. Go to extremes. Increasing the capacity of one naturally increases the capacity of the other. If I can't have pleasure, at least give me pain. 😆
More pain increases my capacity for pleasure? That makes me feel better about injuries! Thank you for the comment! 😁
You're not talking to yourself, be assured!
HA! Now I feel better-thanks! 😄
Very good. It's a lesson I learned when I was 10 years old playing ping-pong. And it a lesson I have to learn over and over again for the rest of my life.
Sword and shield.
矛盾 = contradiction. Literally 矛盾 spear and shield.
In ping-pong, when you slam a ball, you are going "spear", when some one put up the paddle just to put up a wall and bounce the ball back, he's using the paddle as a shield.
If you can return the ball. They are now equal.
Who will win depends on who can last longer.
The scores can be equivalent but they are not equal. Each player uses different things. Speed, accuracy, offense, defense, endurance, etc. They use them in different proportions.
It's in chess. It's in everything.
Capitalism vs. Communism
They are not opposites, they are complementary.
"You've got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when you run."
It is the essence of Chinese Chess.
The Rook is fast, the Pawn is slow.
The Rook is direct, the Cannon is indirect.
The Rook is linear, the Knight is circular.
There are offensive pieces, and defensive pieces.
The pieces are mobile, but the King is stationary in a square, exactly like a goalie.
The Pawns are in maniple formation, but after crossing the River, they are better in phalanx formation.
And so on and so on.
Very well put. Only the Chinese have a word for that concept, Yin and Yang.
Thanks for the insightful comments!