tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post4814792923582520453..comments2024-03-23T13:16:37.006-07:00Comments on Hawaiian libertarian: The Path to MasteryKeoni Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-13041133167310892112014-01-17T17:45:48.931-08:002014-01-17T17:45:48.931-08:00KG,
I didn't read this when it was new; 2012 ...KG,<br /><br />I didn't read this when it was new; 2012 was the year Ma died. Anyway, it's a good post on learning and teaching.<br /><br />I experienced these things as a skater. I can skate as well as I can walk. As a skater, I survived skating the mean streets of NYC. I reached the 'unconsciously competent' level.<br /><br />HOWEVER, it was only when I taught skating to others that I had to relearn and reexamine everything. That is so true!<br /><br />MarkyMarkMarkyMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02710045100037253902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-60205495711527262772012-11-20T12:32:55.985-08:002012-11-20T12:32:55.985-08:00Thank you for the guidance. I have only three opt...Thank you for the guidance. I have only three options, no strip malls here.<br /><br />I've learned a lot from you, Keoni. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-1731721045002544552012-11-20T07:47:22.575-08:002012-11-20T07:47:22.575-08:00Myself, I learned Judo, Jiu Jiutzu, boxing, and mu...Myself, I learned Judo, Jiu Jiutzu, boxing, and muay thai, numerous modern weapons, and police arresting tactics. A little less in Aikido, Hapkido, Thai knife fighting, 14th century Italian broadsword.<br /><br />However, the best skill I learned was how to speak. Honestly, if you don't care about outcome in anything, you get all of it naturally. Besides, today we are learning that fighting for any woman a crime against one's own life. <br /><br />Fighting for a woman who has proven she means something to you; that is noble, and albeit extremely rare as only a few women will earn it.<br /><br />Besides, in most cases the guy you will fight with is a guy you might actually clink beers with if you don't continue. So don't waste your time unless a guy refuses to let it go; then use the martial arts you have learned. You only maim or kill if you know you can absolutely prove you had no option. Unless you are in the military and they complete the "traingle." If you don't know what that means, and you are not military don't worry about it.<br /><br />To the article, Bruce Lee's quote is exceptional, and uses no real "big intelligent" words. Yet speaks more volumes of wisdom then a fifteen page treatise on the same thing.<br /><br />Cultures around the wrold use to do this out of necessity because most people were not "well read."<br /><br />We have gained alot with our current knowledge and systems; yet we have still lost some things.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09909112726788796371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-35404482274536725652012-11-20T07:35:31.256-08:002012-11-20T07:35:31.256-08:00Completely off-topic but I cannot help but bring t...Completely off-topic but I cannot help but bring this up ...<br /><br />Read a book that came out early this year titled "The Tinder Box", subtitled "How Political Correctness Destroyed the U.S Forest Service."<br /><br />The original subtitle began with "How Feminism destroyed ..." but was changed to avoid direct assault by what author Christopher Burchfield refers to as the "Lace Curtain Brigade" from attacking the book before the ink was dry.<br /><br />Living in the "Inland Empire" of the Pacific Northwest, a fire-prone area second only to the Manzanita covered hills of western California bellowed by the Santa Anna winds, I have watched the collapse of the F.S. from a relatively competent organization into a female-dominated, do-nothing<br />organization that embraces the "let it burn" philosophy because there are no men left to do anything that resembles actual "work".<br /><br />Enjoy the gift of ammunition the book provides, and as you do you shall understand why each and every one of the males still employed by the F.S. told me after reading the work at my suggestion, "I can understand why he (Burchfield) had to wait to write this until after he retired."<br /><br />Frankly, I'm a bit shocked that no one in the "manosphere" has done a review on this book, but then again, most are engaged in full-time self pity and/or working on their "alpha image" when in truth they are destined to remain "betas" forever because that is who and what they really are.<br /><br />In the meantime, keep kicking ass. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-88737575612890130602012-11-19T15:40:33.993-08:002012-11-19T15:40:33.993-08:00In other words -
Judo
Karate
Muay Thai
Jiu Jitsu...In other words - <br /><br />Judo<br />Karate<br />Muay Thai<br />Jiu Jitsu<br />Wrestling<br />Boxing<br />Kick Boxing<br />Tae Kwon Do<br />Krav Maga<br />Kali-Escrima<br />Kendo<br />Kung Fu<br /><br />All a good art forms to study - but best done in a good class with a good instructor. There are benefits to be gained from training in any of these styles.<br /><br />Discipline. Control. Eye/hand coordination. Balance. How to breathe. How to remain calm. How to persevere. These are things that are common lessons and skills you can develop in any martial art discipline. I recommend to any parent to find a good school and enroll their kids. The specific style is not as important as finding a good school with a good class dynamic.Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-59543376622892725292012-11-19T15:33:44.143-08:002012-11-19T15:33:44.143-08:00Quick answer: Look for the class in your area with...Quick answer: Look for the class in your area with the best class dynamic and most respectable and competent instructor, regardless of the martial art style.<br /><br />Be especially wary of the McDojo.<br /><br />Avoid those that seem to be doing it for the money (huge enrollment fees, required equipment purchases, etc.).<br /><br />Watch a few classes before deciding to join. Get a good feel for the class dynamic and the personality of the instructor(s).<br /><br />For myself - I'm a huge MMA fan. Have been for a long time now...but I would never join an MMA gym NOW.<br /><br />It's so popular, it's gotta be the most expensive classes to join.<br /><br />Also, to spend the money and time on MMA training, the only real point to do so would be to actually become an MMA fighter, because you're training with the constraints of the rules, ring and referee. Unless you or your kids plan on competing, IMO you're better off learning a legit TMA.<br /><br />Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-51879510403029222222012-11-19T11:43:07.290-08:002012-11-19T11:43:07.290-08:00Quick question. Off topic, but on topic.
I have ...Quick question. Off topic, but on topic.<br /><br />I have three options for myself and my kids:<br />1. Karate<br />2. MMA<br />3. Boxing<br /><br />Which one to start with?<br /><br />Thx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-56747002413803198242012-11-17T13:39:51.122-08:002012-11-17T13:39:51.122-08:00"Those who can't, teach." Refers to ..."Those who can't, teach." Refers to people that lack sufficient talent and get stuck somewhere between consciously competent and incompetent.<br /><br />They know the subject well enough to pass along the "book knowledge," but they haven't fully internalized the subject such that they can do professional-level work other people would want to pay for.Allan in Portlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-39480615094823086192012-11-16T13:41:45.132-08:002012-11-16T13:41:45.132-08:00There is a lot of truth in two other sayings on te...There is a lot of truth in two other sayings on teaching/learning:<br /><br />"When the student is ready, the teacher appears." <br /><br />&<br /><br />"If you meet the budda on the road - kill him."<br />Keep the inspirational posts coming. Too much nihilism and not enough most interesting man in the world posts in the manosphere. <br /><br /> Fatmanjudonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-53033338123745307892012-11-15T19:25:18.550-08:002012-11-15T19:25:18.550-08:00Excellent post.
As a martial artist myself, I le...Excellent post. <br /><br />As a martial artist myself, I learned so much more thru teaching. It forced me to look at things differently in order to formulate a way to communicate how to learn techniques to my students.<br /><br /> If I couldn't convey what I could actually DO then I had to really examine my self, my learning process, and my techniques themselves in order to come up with something substantial. <br /><br />The process of teaching is really another way of learning about yourself as one becomes more intimate with the chosen art. Extremely rewarding. <br /><br />Unfortunately, in the martial arts world(maybe more than other arts, I'm not sure about that tho) there are many so called teachers that prefer to fill their student's heads full of shit in order to foster a dependence. I've never quite liked the notion of "masters" and to the first commenter's point, teaching does consist of a skill set all its own. <br /><br />The point I think is to give, to open a students mind to possibilities that only they posess the choice in following thru in the hopes that they will learn more about themselves and the world as a whole. <br /><br />As far as the public school system goes, that, to me, is just a social engineering facility that exists for the sole purpose of turning all children into cogs for the great machine. zazendohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11067622105625904584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-67372783948407696682012-11-15T14:52:55.852-08:002012-11-15T14:52:55.852-08:00This post definitely clarified and put into words ...This post definitely clarified and put into words something that I had thought about when it came to my own skills.<br /><br />I'm a natural when it comes to music, and went through the grade levels at a rate of two per year (its designed to be one grade per year)... and yet I could not teach what I know beyond a basic level. I can play by ear, improvise, etc., but I really couldn't teach what I do to another.<br /><br />And yet, when it comes to driving I was a terrible student - it took me twenty lessons and many hours of practice for me to learn. But now that I'm supervising a learner driver myself, I find I'm pointing out all the technical lessons I was taught, going through each step so as to perfect each manoeuvre.<br /><br />I suppose the challenge that many a teacher faces is how to handle naturally talented students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-45535812229340113982012-11-15T09:41:02.605-08:002012-11-15T09:41:02.605-08:00I've used the 4 stages model for years, but I ...I've used the 4 stages model for years, but I substitute "Motivated" and "Discouraged" for "Unconscious" and "Conscious". When you start something new, you're motivated and excited. As you gain knowledge and discover how <i>incompetent</i> you really are (become conscious) you can get pretty discouraged. But you have to keep plugging away. <br /><br />Now, as far as teaching goes, I've always thought <i>those who cannot do, <b>only</b> teach</i>. Those who can do, do <i>and</i> teach. The best professors I had in college (Engineering degree) also had active consulting practices outside of school. One guy was the world's expert on evaluating underwater bridge towers. Spent his summers scuba diving and inspecting bridge supports. Walked us through the equations that said the South pier of the Golden Gate bridge better never get hit by a cargo ship lost in the fog. <br /><br />Anyway, if you do find yourself teaching, or mentoring, remember that 4 stage model for your students. When they're in stage 2, give them encouragement and training (they need skills). When they're in stage 3, give them encouragement (they have the skills, they just don't realize it yet). When they're in stage 4, give them students...Jack Amoknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-9811923177113906582012-11-15T07:42:21.550-08:002012-11-15T07:42:21.550-08:00Excellent points, I'd add one thing. The skill...Excellent points, I'd add one thing. The skills to do a thing well, and the skills to <i>teach</i> that thing, are completely different. I'm sure it would be awesome to get basketball pointers from Michael Jordan, or go over my golf swing with Tiger Woods, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they ever developed the skills to teach those things. They may lack the patience, vocabulary, personal manner, etc that makes one a good teacher, while still being perfectly skilled at the thing they do. <br />This is why I never really liked the adage from Mencken. It's not a matter of not being able to do it, so you teach it--they are totally different skillsets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-19767296771784861012012-11-15T02:46:52.120-08:002012-11-15T02:46:52.120-08:00Beautiful post! I learned some things and realized...Beautiful post! I learned some things and realized some things.Saurabhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964429036855221635noreply@blogger.com