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Originally Posted by Kimpatsu
Not only do your attitude and reasons for trainign change over time, they should indeed change. If they don't, it means you're stagnating. We all grow with training, and our opinions also change over time, as our understanding matures. The alternative is to become stuck in a rut.
When we enter training, we're liek children on the first day of school. Moving up through the ranks is analogous to moving up through the grades in school, such that you expect a different level of comprehension from a high school senior than from an elementary student. MA is no different. Checking your state of mind--where your mind is at (kokorogamae)--constantly is also a good way to check your own commitment to training.
And that's my 2-yen worth.
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I agree to the comparison with school. The major difference is though, that there is no final graduation in MA.
For example everybody knows that young white belts have that image in their head that the ultimate goal is the black belt. But once they got there, they see that their journey is now actually really starting.
If they don't realize that then their teacher did something seriously wrong.
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