I recently watched a documentary by the Aikido Ka, and movie star, Steve Segal. One who was most certainly a highly skilled exponent of his Art back in the day, especially so with him being one of the first Gaijin to open a Dojo in Japan. Anyway, when asked if he had any advice for Martial Artists out there, this was his reply. “You won’t get very far by training under 50 different teachers. So just seek out one good teacher who has a deep understanding of their Art and follow them.” One can naturally have a few excellent differing Sensei along the way for sure. But I fully understand the sentiments that are being expressed here. Especially so with the modern Martial Arts phenomenon of trying to obtain greater knowledge by training under a different teacher each weekend. An […]
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