This is a true story.
The other day, I was watching an online Karate video. A friend had sent me the link. Other videos were listed with the first video, and after I had clicked from one video to another a few times I found myself watching a video of a senior Karate instructor performing a basic kata.
The thing is that the performance was so technically flawed that it was truly amazing. I was at work, and I called my wife over to watch the video (because it was so truly amazing in a negative sense).
After about 20 seconds, my wife started to cry. Honestly, she started to cry. She felt so bad for this senior Karate instructor.
I learned a lot that day from my wife.
It is easy to be critical when we watch Karate videos or other Karate students performing kata or demonstrating techniques -- but we have to remember that we are all fellow Karate students.
Respectfully,
Charles C. Goodin
