My Sensei, Richard Behrens, said "Learning is fun, training is boring." This is very true. Many people enter into the martial arts hoping to learn a few techniques that will turn them into "Jet Li" over night. They learn very quickly that is not the case. Martial arts takes years to learn properly.
You cannot learn from a video or DVD, you must study under a teacher and train with other people. You must learn a technique and then do that technique over and over again. You must learn through painful trial and error. There is an old saying, "you must perform a technique 10,000 times to learn it". That is a lot practice.
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Most people will "burnout" long before they achieve any kind of proficiency. One main reason is most people have a major misconception about what martial arts are. They think it is some kind of "magic" that turns weaklings into tough guys. This is so far from the truth. Others believe what they see in the movies like "The Karate Kid". They believe they have to find an old Asian master who works as a plumber or dry cleaner but also holds the secrets of the martial arts, and just happens to want to divulge the secrets to them. More than likely this is not going to happen.
What they do find is a regular martial art school with a teacher who has no secrets but a solid system to teach. The training begins one technique at a time. But are they willing to take the time necessary to become proficient?
How to Avoid Burnout in the Martial Arts - Part 1
Ted S. Hanulak is a martial art teacher out of Indianapolis Indiana. He is the head instructor at the Aikijutsu Academy of Indianapolis. He teaches Senso-Ryu Aikijutsu and Zen meditation.
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