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I think patience is difficult (especially for Westerners). We so frequently want to know the how and why of things straight away. In reality, your body and mind really only grasp things when the time's right and that can (and often does) take years of 'training by day'.

You're also not wrong about 'Okinawa time' – everything seems to move more slowly over there. In the West, time is just another commodity to be bought, lost and spent. Slowing down is just one more thing I think we can learn from the Okinawans, especially in the fast paced society we're currently living in.

I like this. Some aspects of training really do take the 'year training' approach, putting in the effort over time and not expecting instant results. Kinaesthetic aspects are like that, I find.

And Fred is right when he says how suddenly a breakthrough will occur, almost by accident. Or it can seem so but if you hadn't gone through the frustration and put the effort in it wouldn't have happened. It can be a bit od.

On the other hand the 'day training' mind is needed to give a push when you need one. I remember getting this pointed out on a course a few years ago when I was omitted from the 'advanced' group and had to go voer an old kata. the instructor talked about getting the most out of the time we had because you could get nothing from it if you wanted. And I did indeed get something out of it.

So we do need the 'day training' or 'half-hour training' mind in this instance!

I find these aspects of training invovle a process of frustration which you have to go through.

As you say Matt the day training is a good method of getting somethign out of each session. I remember getting the hump at a course a few years ago, being excluded from the 'advanced' group and having to go over an old kata. The instructor talked about getting something out of the time spent doing it. Changing the mindset from irritation to open ot learning meant I did indeed get something out of that part of the session. I learnt to train by day, or more appropriately, train by the half hour!