I've always kept a sort of life list in my head (I tend to lose pieces of paper and computer files just don't have the authority a life list needs, for me) and one of the big items on it has been to learn how to dance ballroom. I'm in college now and I've been a member of ballroom club for the past six months. It feels great to be working on things like that, especially after high school and feeling like my entire self can be summed up by my GPA.
As for the martial arts proficiency, I have friends who are in it (one in particular who loves it) and from seeing them and their teachers, I have to say that to really learn martial arts it has to become a way of life. Part of what seems to be the essential drive of any person in martial arts is that they can always get better. I don't believe they ever consider themselves truly proficient. (how encouraging, no? Of course, this is hakkaryu karate jitsu -the spelling may be off- and other forms may have different philosophies)
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Date: 2003-03-05 08:14 pm (UTC)As for the martial arts proficiency, I have friends who are in it (one in particular who loves it) and from seeing them and their teachers, I have to say that to really learn martial arts it has to become a way of life. Part of what seems to be the essential drive of any person in martial arts is that they can always get better. I don't believe they ever consider themselves truly proficient. (how encouraging, no? Of course, this is hakkaryu karate jitsu -the spelling may be off- and other forms may have different philosophies)