Just ABSORB…

“Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own.” – Bruce Lee

Determining just what is useful and what isn’t is quite a daunting task and one that should be examined closely. I’m sure that you’ve encountered techniques that just didn’t work at first. I know I have. Still do. But with patience, some introspection, and lots of practice you’ve been able to see how they should be done, where your mistakes were, and suddenly they become functional!

My instructor Master Yates is always speaking about the principle of a certain move not the technique and to really look at all aspects of the excersise from start to finish and ask questions, questions raise your awareness.

Don’t get me wrong I love Bruce Lee and really enjoy his philosphies but I would say, rather than absorbing what you find immediately useful and rejecting what you think is useless.  Just ABSORB.