| How much control do you exert over your physiology | | | | contribute to my improvement. |
| when you train? Have you ever asked yourself this | | | | Again I also understand that sometimes other life |
| question? I mean deeply thought about how much | | | | commitments get in the way and we can't always get |
| control you have over your techniques? The reason I | | | | around them but sometimes those can only be |
| ask this question is because there are so many martial | | | | excuses. |
| artists out there who: | | | | What do you think the solution to these improvement |
| -Don't seem to have great control over their technical | | | | obstacles can be? |
| skills. | | | | Have you ever left where you were training because |
| -Don't seem to improve their skills over time. | | | | of a similar situation? |
| Now don't get me wrong I'm not slamming people or | | | | What are some of the best training methods you have |
| trying to negatively comment on the martial arts. The | | | | found for developing control in your skills? |
| truth is simply that although I see some awesome | | | | Even though I train primarily in BJJ, I am asking this |
| martial artists out there, the majority of the ones I see, | | | | about martial arts in general as I also train in striking, |
| especially some who have been training for years, | | | | although secondary to my grappling training. |
| don't seem to really improve. I find this especially true | | | | Even though the martial arts encompass many |
| when some have reached a decent level of | | | | different disciplines and styles it's important for all of us |
| proficiency and then they suddenly stop improving. | | | | to think about our training and attempt to get the most |
| Could this be that their standards just aren't that high? | | | | out of it. |
| Or could it be that they just give up on improvement? | | | | To any instructors out there, is there a way that you |
| I would say that it depends on the individuals as | | | | can motivate your students to be more aware of |
| everyone is different. | | | | control in their training and movement? |
| It's just that for me, improvement has always been a | | | | Ultimately this is of high importance if we are to |
| big part of my training, and the reason I've sometimes | | | | maintain and even maximize our skills and not just fall |
| stopped training is that I just didn't feel that the | | | | into bad habits of lacking discipline and control over our |
| instructor I was training under could continue to | | | | technical prowess. |