This has been a great year so far. I have been committed to the UBBT process along with my personal kung fu goals. Mastery is the process that has allowed me to continually improve myself both physically and mentally. I have been thinking about this a lot lately with our black belt grading approaching on October 15th. I find myself sometimes equating mastery, the destination, with the black belt grading and this brings about some emotions of fear and anxiety. Wow, this is a breakthrough for me. I have never publicly spoke of these types of emotion before, nor will it ever happen again.
I quickly remind myself that mastery is not attained on black belt grading day, nor is mastery a destination, but rather it is a life long process of continuous improvement. The attainment of a black belt is one point along the journey of a life committed to mastery. When I think of things this way I feel confident and proud of the accomplishments I have achieved so far this year. The black belt grading is another day and if my preparation serves me well, everything will be fine. When I personally have doubts of my "preparedness" I reflect on my experience in the wonderful sport of hockey, which I have been blessed to have participated for 40 years. I have prepared for I would guess about 1,600 hockey games and it is the same preparation each game. All nerves and butterflies are gone as soon as you step on the ice. Kung fu will be exactly the same on black belt grading day. Everything is fine as soon as you step on the mats.
Have a great training week!
Allan Gamble
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