Sunday, April 15, 2012

Paint a beautiful picture

I love what I do. I have to admit that when I fell in love with kickboxing, I didn't know it would get to this point and I am excited to see how far it goes in the future. I am stoked and grateful for all the opportunities i've been given and "earned". I remember teaching my first class and being told that I had to be more assertive.
A far cry from the high intensity top of my lungs Muay Thai instructor I am now. All of that is great, however the most important thing for me is teaching. I am blessed to be able to Love my job and that is more than I can say for most. It has been a long road and I just feel like I have this small wealth of knowledge and when you're down to listen and learn, i'm even more down to teach.
I've had the pleasure of training some pretty cool ass people for health and real time application. I feel as if you don't share your individual knowledge on a subject it has a negative effect on the growth of that subject. I suspect that the evolution of Martial arts depends entirely on the students it is taught to. Each person an individual extension of their particular art form with each having their own unique way of expression. we might learn the same kick but set it up and "throw it" completely different. I often compare fighting to painting a beautiful picture. Each technique is a stroke on the canvas. I love helping people learn to get to that moment when it all just flows together.

1 comment:

  1. Like you told me not too long ago, "don't try to kick like me, kick like you!" :-) As your student I can attest that your love for the sport shows in your dedicated way of teaching and that it really makes a difference. Teaching and learning are always two-way streets... the more passionate, caring, and dedicated the teacher, the more eager the student will be to learn, and the more the student learns, the more willing the teacher will be to teach more... a concept that you got all the way down. So keep up the love and the great job and know that I'm looking forward to that point where it will all just flow together for me... whenever that may be, lol.

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