Welcome to Episode #28 of the Fight for a Happy Life podcast, “Lessons from Getting Beaten Up.”
If you’re a dedicated martial artist, you know what it’s like to get battered, bruised, and beaten up. It may sound a little crazy, but that’s actually a good thing!
Here’s the honest truth—some things in life can only be learned the hard way—there is no easy way. Students looking for shortcuts and hacks in their martial arts training will never reach their full potential or discover the deepest wisdom the martial arts have to offer.
So, if you’ve ever felt like getting beaten up is just a reckless waste of time, let me share four powerful lessons that I learned while taking a beating over the years…
…make that several beatings. I’m guess I’m a slow-learner! Take a listen and let me know what you think.
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I like Ando’s quote in this podcast: ‘Winning is one thing, … , winning theway you choose, that’s to me mastering’.
Hi Ando!
The lesson older and smaller people can hurt you was pretty easy for me. My master is 50 years older and a lot smaller than i am, so i get this feeling of getting beat up by someone apparently weaker all the time while training…..
I am happy for that! It kills my ego every time.
Greetings from germany
Ha! I love hearing that, Raphael. Keep getting beat up! 🙂
Greetings from the USA!