why can people understand it is not the style of martail art but how hard you practise and learn to apply it?
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Exactly, well said. Kveldorgondlier has said it several times "how you train is how you fight."\n\nit's a tough stigma to break once someone has it in their minds.\n\nI mean look at the UFC match between Matt Hughes and Royce Gracie, Gracie is one formidable fighter in JuJitsu, but he was beaten by someone who more than likely came with a better strategy, and who had experience both as a Greco-Roman wrestler in highschool and college who also learned JuJitsu.\n\nNow seeing someone so well trained in JuJitsu like Royce get beaten, does that mean that JuJitsu sucks alltogether?\n\nNo it doesn't, every Martial Art has a practical application's use for it's techniques, and it's all in how the INDIVIDUAL uses those techniques accompanied by how well they've put the time and effort to train.\n\nand the whole part of it is just as you said "adapting to the real situaton". and that's why you train to learn how to use the techniques in a practical situation.\n\nexcellent question.
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Not everyone is able to think in the abstract! Studies of left and right brain dominance\nshow some understand concepts, (left). Some people understand better when we "draw" a picture for them, (right)!
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It is art - take your own meaning from them.
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Because it's harder to be good.  And I don't really understand what else it is that you are trying to say.  It's kind of like it's harder for a person to learn how to write and speak proper English than it is not to so a lot of people don't.
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It is all difficult b/c it seems so abstract at times. It is really difficult for students to grasp concepts that are so foreign! the best advice, try to relate the subject to something that they understand and already know...it will make it easier to learn!
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If you study an art then you gain self-discipline and self-respect.\nThese two things alone should keep you out of trouble. All fights are clashes of egos, the people fighting have the option of walking away. If there is not option to walk away then it is not a fight, it is a self-defense situation. Self-defense situations can usually be avoided with situational awareness, which you should also be learning.\n\nWith self-discipline comes organization and study habits.
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You can't, since it's knowledge based off of what we learn from our environment. It'd be the same as trying to describe, for example, a horse, to someone who has never seen a horse. With that example you might could give him a broad idea of what it looks like, but it would be impossible to get an accurate  and completely correct image without having actually experienced seeing one before. With colors, it's more absolute; you either know what a color looks like or you don't (unless you try to explain jungle green as a mix between forest green and dark green or something really confusing like that :-P)
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Artists are only skilled in one area whereas average people have enough common sense to do all unspecialized things. Artists won't make the best choices because their minds are elsewhere. Artists don't have the common sense most average people have.
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It doesn't really matter if the art is good. The person doing the art is what matters. I good martial art doesn't make a good martial artist.
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There are centers of beauty which make this .... but you need money and patience as it can't be done all at once.
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"While it may be reckless speculation to claim a certain symbolic meaning as the original intent of an artist working in the Dark Ages, we should not dismiss that an artist working in our own times intends a symbolic message in the same type of design and that that meaning is valid in context.  The problems that occur are a result of there being very little consensus among artists about Celtic symbolism and the perception that the symbolism suggested has been gleaned from an ancient source.  The naive believer hopes that the symbolism offered by a modern artist or craftsman is an authentic legacy from the past.  The skeptic thinks this is very unlikely and considers it fanciful fakery."\n\nMore info at the link below.
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They aren't simple things to learn. They're hard to learn, and it's a long and complicated process, made more complicated by bureacacy. That's why I moved to a different country to teach.
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It's a real "use-it-or-lose-it" skill, but most people find that their major problem in mathematics is a poor understanding of the basic ideas. And I do mean basic! Math is a harsh mistress, and those small 'easy' mistakes often trip people over more than larger problems! So take a crack at any problem areas you KNOW you have and stuff, stuff, stuff your brains with it!
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It's just something you have to keep practicing\nIt gets easier.
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more people classify it as an art.
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With a little effort one can retrain their patterns but it takes(and develops) ones will power. Don't be too hard on yourself and reward your successes.
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When I was an undergrad and in grad school, I was a read and memorize learner.  I have the ability to read and almost immediately memorize concepts, statistics, source data in an almost anal retentive manner.  However, I've learned that when I wanted to learn HOW to do something, I can read the instructions, but I have to actually put that knowledge into practice and do it several times before I get the results I wanted.  For example, learning a business model or theory is a matter of reading it, remembering the principles and watching it in action as I perform each task associated with the model.  Then I watch how well it works procedurely looking for glitches that immediate action could change quickly.\n\nBut, if I want to prepare a recipe, faux finish a wall, create something, I have to play with the instructions and make samples first.  It took me several tries, for example, not to "break" a sauce.  It has taken me several attempts to perfect the art of making wood or plaster look like patina on a metal surface.  Just following the "directions" did not always produce the same results, it is a matter of tweaking, adjusting and playing with the formula to have it work for the application.\n\nHence, I've learned that patience and a kinetic learning style are necessary for mastering some things in life.  Just knowing the formula, statistics, or skills doesn't always give the ability or knowledge to produce the desired results.