Getting Ready for Competition

 

The focus will be changing soon to the upcoming competition. You need to decide if you want to just do Kata, Kumite or Both .. I would recommend you do both where possible to gain valuable experience for the future!

 

This is where FEAR may creep in, and you may decide not to do this comp or any other because FEAR tells you that you are not good enough, you will lose, you will make a mistake, you may not be as good as you think you are, people may laugh at you!! Ultimately FEAR will keep you in your cosy comfort zone and you will never know if you were or are good enough!

 

However all is not lost, FEAR has two meanings depending on which way you want to look at opportunities and your mindset :-

 

Face Everything And Run :-

Isn’t the way to go through life in any measure, life is to be lived, enjoyed and learned from at every opportunity that crosses your path.

 

Face Everything And Rise :-

Maybe there will be losses, injuries, disappointments but you will have faced your FEAR and had amazing memories, victories, enjoyment and sheer joy of putting yourself out there and a feeling of accomplishment.

 

It is up to you whether FEAR rules you or you rule FEAR!

 

Words borrowed from Sensei Steve Buckley 4th Dan