Kung Fu Zone
  • Home
  • Our Philosophy
  • What We Teach
    • Tiger Crane Kung Fu
    • Shuang Yang Tai Chi
    • Online Tai Chi Course
  • Instructors
    • Shkar Sharif
    • Kristina Shopova Sharif
    • Assistant Instructors
  • Classes
    • All Classes - Timetable
    • Children's Classes
  • Pricing
  • Media
  • Blog
  • Online Course

Motivation is a Lie

3/4/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Nobody is born proficient at any skill. We may have a genetic disposition to be better at certain things than other people, but without developing and nurturing these skills, a person’s full potential will never be realised. Any athlete, musician, dancer, performer, etc. will tell you that improving any skill takes time, energy and perseverance. Becoming good at anything is painful and requires making sacrifices.

I started my training in Tiger Crane Combination Kung Fu over 16 years ago. At first, it was just something to do a few times a week, but I very quickly began training in every class my instructor held. I was training two to three hours a day six to seven days a week. I was 16 years old when I started training, and it was all I did. When my friends would go out, I was training. When my family would get together, I was training; I often even missed school and university events because I was training. I found very quickly that I no longer had the friends that I used to have.  It was not their fault, they did try to keep me as part of the group, but I never had the time because I was always training. 

I didn’t always enjoy my training; there were times when I wanted just to relax or I wanted to go out with my friends. There were times when I felt I wasn’t improving and didn’t see a way forward. I had no motivation to train. That’s what this blog post is about, motivation.

As humans, we tend towards comfort and ease, and we try to get far away from anything that takes us away from our comfort zones. It is a common occurrence for my students to talk to me about motivation. Some tell me they are not attending as many classes as before because they lack the motivation to train or that they are currently very motivated to train and that is why they are in most of my classes. It is critical to understand that having the motivation or not having the motivation to do something are both as tricky as each other and if we base our training on this fleeting feeling that may or may not be with us on any given day, we will never reach the heights that are possible.

We need to train ourselves to stop looking for something to motivate us to train or to do our work. We need to develop the discipline to do what needs to get done regardless of motivation. When we have the discipline and the ability to force ourselves to train when we don’t want to, this is what will lead us to mastery. ​

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Categories

    All
    Buddhism
    Discipline
    HIIT
    Kung Fu
    Mastery
    Meditation
    Mind
    Motivation
    Obstacles
    Pain
    Perseverance
    Personal Growth
    Refinement
    Resilience
    Seasonal Affective Disorder
    Seminar
    Training
    Training Camp

    Archives

    December 2021
    December 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    December 2019
    August 2019
    December 2018
    July 2018
    March 2018
    August 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    February 2017
    October 2016

    RSS Feed

© 2022 | Shkar Sharif T/A Kung Fu Zone. All Rights Reserved.                                                                                                              Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • Our Philosophy
  • What We Teach
    • Tiger Crane Kung Fu
    • Shuang Yang Tai Chi
    • Online Tai Chi Course
  • Instructors
    • Shkar Sharif
    • Kristina Shopova Sharif
    • Assistant Instructors
  • Classes
    • All Classes - Timetable
    • Children's Classes
  • Pricing
  • Media
  • Blog
  • Online Course