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 Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:44 pm
What memories do you hold from those days? *I would hope to acquire some when I can afford the lessons...*
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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 6:05 pm
I remember a very precious lesson that my old Mestre taught me, using a credit card, a wallet and his hands...
He set the wallet standing up on a table, and held the credit card in one hand some distance from the wallet elsewhere on the table. Then he emulated a walking person with the fingers of his other hand. He said "In the beginning, you will only be strong enough to conquer the small obstacles." and he "hopped" his hand over the credit card. He then said "But when you reach the next even larger obstacle, you won't necessarily be strong enough to get over that one." "So" he said, walking his hand back to the credit card, and jumping it over it the other way, he said "You go back, climb the smaller obstacle the other way, then turn around, and climb it a third time.". Then he hopped his hand over the credit card the third time, then walked it to the wallet again. Then finally, he said "By now, you will have climbed the smaller obstacle three times, and become experienced and strengthened enough by doing so to finally conquer the next larger obstacle." and he finally climbed his hand over the wallet.
The moral: Trying to conquer too many obstacles in absolute succession can prove a task that is just too daunting. So go back, work on your smaller obstacles for a while. Gain experience, strength and confidence by doing so, and you will then finally have the strength to conquer the next larger obstacle.
This is my most precious memory of my early days of training.
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