Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Eye for detail - part 2

I wanted to write about this topic as it's very relevant to my journey.  I am currently involved in the most intensive, in depth training that I have ever experienced.  Many people have compared this level of training to an abbreviated university master's program.

Due to the intensity and type of information covered the "eye for detail" is so incredibly important.  I have never been that person that has the attention span nor the desire to pay attention to the details.  However I have no other choice but to continue to work on developing it here in South Carolina.  I just took another exam and I got caught not reading some questions thoroughly and as a result I lost some points on the exam.  I am really disappointed in myself as my focus this past week is to slow down and really focus on the details.  I kind of liken this to the progression of our Kung Fu that our Sifu's talk about.  So many of us (including myself) want to go straight to the realism.  We don't take enough time to really understand the technique as we want to go and show our strength and realism.  Well this is the same thing that I am experiencing here.  I know the material that is being tested, I am just not at times having that eye for detail.  I need to continue to be mindful of my kung fu training and keep applying it to my training here.

I can say that if it were not for my level of Kung Fu training, I would have much lower scores.  My kung Fu is serving me and this has been one of those "a ha" moments again.  I am so grateful for my training and I am seeing every day how my kung fu is serving me.

Mr. Ian Repay
Student Of Silent River Kung Fu
ian.repay@blogspot.com

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