Sharon Friedman – Vigilance and Tranquility

It is important to do the action and never let the action do you. For example if you are hitting you can count the hits outloud or in your head to keep your mind clear from getting the emotion to run you. If you focus on the hit than you cannot see beyond it and the body will not do the action you need to end or put the conflict to sleep. The movement in training is different than in fighting becasue the purpose is to learn and even though we learn in combat as well the majority of the learning (for the lucky ones) happens in simulation. The time we take to learn should not be much of a factor. What we learn is very basic and the aplication is momentaraly. the value of the learning is in the quality so invest your time wisely in what you know benefits you and we are not stupid at all (despite how we look sometimes). Know yourself.