On the weekend I bought the latest PlayStation as the previous one had finally shat itself dry. Got the chance to crack it open today and downloaded the only game I ever play. Surprisingly, all the stats and playing history appeared as soon as the game was downloaded. Seven long wasted years since playing my first game of Fortnite was printed across the screen - Wooah! During this period, I have not improved my gaming ability at all, not even the slightest. Do I want to improve? Don't really care. So why is it I spend so much time playing such childish nonsense as much as I am in the dojo? Simply for the pure enjoyment, and will I ever stop? Probably not.
At this point, it struck me that some students have been learning karate from us for a similar amount of time, one for even over a decade. Have some of them improved? Of course they have. Have some of them not? Sadly so and probably won’t ever progress nor do they have the desire to - doing karate for only pure enjoyment just like me and my PlayStation? As a perfectionist always striving to excel, it was/is hard for me to comprehend why some people can remain happily stagnant with their training. At the same time, however, can understand that belonging to a small intimate dojo can bring a sense of community, chill time opportunity, and social interactions away from the nagging partner or family.
For the karate ossssu instructors out there though, how would you react or handle the situation? Is it pointless providing further instruction knowing training is all just fun and games for certain karateka? Is there any point in saying the same thing repeatedly when it’s clear they don’t mind if they improve or not? Would you want to "waste" your time on such students when you could have been spending it with the serious learners?
It's well known that people commonly practice karate for one of the three reasons:- sports, health, and/or to preserve tradition and culture. Shall we now add in Karate for shits & giggles?
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