Yo,

Just came across

this really excellent article:

…By the time last night’s class rolled around my eye was in that lovely stage of healing that combines all the colours of a Himalayan sunset in a sickly hue. My students naturally asked about it and I told them honestly how it happened and that it had been entirely my own fault. When students give me a look of surprise that I should make a mistake my usual response is, “Hey, even monkeys fall out of trees.”

Some martial arts students see a Sensei’s mistakes as a sign of weakness. This mentality of deifying instructors is silly and when Senseis start to believe it, they stop learning and improving. All martial artists from the newest novices to the highest ranking instructors with decades of experience make mistakes. Mistakes are what teach us ….MORE….

Really excellent points. My senseis at my Karate dojo as well are very fond of highlighting that to us too - it’s so very true in all aspects of life.

‘Nuff said,

Mama Bear

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