A technique has no emotion. It has no fear. It has no anxiety. It's a technique. When you train or compete against someone, it’s not person versus person, low rank against high rank, or reputation versus reputation. It is a challenge to see who has the better technique. This removes the emotion and anxiety from the equation of training or competition. It is NOT you that’s competing. It is your technique competing against your opponent’s technique. - Jean Jacques Machado (via Coach Eric and slightly edited) |