If you really want to understand something...
Do it 1000 times.
Tom told me that once ina burger king like 18 years ago. He was showing me something called the SW Shift. Most of you won't have a clue what that means, thats a good thing.
So 1000 times seems like a lot, but it really isn't depending on what you're doing.
In Aikido we have to learn to do forward and back rolls on the mat. About 10 years ago when I took Aikido in Columbus for about a month I learned to do them. The mat was different and a decade has passed. When I first started back I did a couple and they felt fine. Then somewhere along the way when I was learning again I think some fear crept in. See if you go into a fetal tuck position you aren't round. If you aren't round you make noise. If you make noise you hurt. This causes more fear and you collapse more.
At some point I was aware of a little bit of fear creeping in. So when, "are you comfortable with your forward rolls?" was asked in class I went with "no". Sensai had said I was getting to the point where I just needed reps. Another sensai last night said the same thing like this, "now just do it a thousand times". I agree.
So I made myself a chart. This Ross Perot here. I divided it into 100 squares. I put out the futon so I have a pad to roll on and I do 10 reps per block. 10x100 = 1000. (I like to show my work.)
My goal is by the end November to have done 1000 forward rolls.
Don't think, just roll.
Tom told me that once ina burger king like 18 years ago. He was showing me something called the SW Shift. Most of you won't have a clue what that means, thats a good thing.
So 1000 times seems like a lot, but it really isn't depending on what you're doing.
In Aikido we have to learn to do forward and back rolls on the mat. About 10 years ago when I took Aikido in Columbus for about a month I learned to do them. The mat was different and a decade has passed. When I first started back I did a couple and they felt fine. Then somewhere along the way when I was learning again I think some fear crept in. See if you go into a fetal tuck position you aren't round. If you aren't round you make noise. If you make noise you hurt. This causes more fear and you collapse more.
At some point I was aware of a little bit of fear creeping in. So when, "are you comfortable with your forward rolls?" was asked in class I went with "no". Sensai had said I was getting to the point where I just needed reps. Another sensai last night said the same thing like this, "now just do it a thousand times". I agree.
So I made myself a chart. This Ross Perot here. I divided it into 100 squares. I put out the futon so I have a pad to roll on and I do 10 reps per block. 10x100 = 1000. (I like to show my work.)
My goal is by the end November to have done 1000 forward rolls.
Don't think, just roll.
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