How did I end up here? Again? What the BLEEP. How do I keep getting here?
The question isn't how did he get here, the question is how did I get here. I'll
tell you in a minute.
Hey. Ando again from Happy Life Martial Arts. Look who's back!
it's Sifu Matt of the Rising Fist Kung Fu San Soo school, and Sifu, I
have a question for you today. A lot of people think that so-called "fancy
techniques", even wrist locks, hip throws, all kinds of different tie ups, just
don't work in the real world. We've had this discussion many times, what is your
answer to people who think fancy moves don't work? >I think the question isn't
about whether or not fancy moves work, the question is did you work? >Did you do
you work, because you're not gonna do anything that you haven't practiced. Not
because you don't believe yourself but because your body doesn't believe your
brain and if your body doesn't have faith in a movement it won't do it no
matter what you want mm-hm it's just stop so the trouble here is
not in the technique you're saying to put the problems within ourselves yes I
am yes I'm not having done enough work correct you don't believe your body
doesn't believe in the thing you're asking it to do and therefore it will
stop so how do you get your body to believe in your so-called fancy
techniques work work you got to work it just give you a quick demonstration of a
horse stance this is a horse stance yes everyone knows what this is
well if you don't do this your legs your body your you don't your body doesn't
believe it if you don't practice it enough and then when the time comes to
use when it's the right thing to do you will
shy away from it you will not do the right thing for that moment because you
didn't and you can't fool yourself okay fool yourself I like that it's like
speaking of horses that's like when you see an equestrian running up to the gate
with the horse and horse the horse stops the mind thinks it can do it but this
body said no I'm not doing it right set up for that I'm not doing the right
rhythm whatever I don't know what it is but the horse is thinking but I know the
horse is saving new rights so in the same way we have this battle like this
is your jockey this is the horse and if you're going in for a hip throw but your
body say hey we haven't done that a lot or enough wherever what do you think
you're doing your body freezes itself and says no no you'll come up with
something else in that moment which won't be the right thing to do and it
would have been a lot better have you've done the right thing I'm not easier on
you if had done the right thing that's an amazing point so your
intuition might see the right move to do say hey oh my god this is the perfect
time to set up for the hip throw he's practically falling over me anyway and
you still won't do it because you don't we'll need it or your body doesn't right
even if you're you force yourself your body to do it you probably not skilled
enough to carry it through wrong it's kind of hard anyway so it's a disaster
yeah so what is the recommendation you can give to anyway this seems to apply
to any style whether you're just trying to throw head kicks or you're doing
tricking or you're doing an involved submission and BJJ what's the standard
advice for everybody then you just have to hi what broad not anything further to
any endeavor any art even any you know if you want to dance if you want to
paint I mean you're not gonna do the thing that you really want to do or you
envision if you haven't practiced the skills the fundamentals the
nations of those things that make sense so - I play piano yep play piano and
then work on the thing that you need to work on or else when you come to that
difficult passage you'll rush through it and it won't sound it right
oh that's I think that's very helpful we get caught up sometimes and looking over
the fence and what other people are doing we have ideas ideas ideas but it
still comes down to execution you got to just do the work simplify a little bit
narrow it down to a few things you can really grind out over and over again
write it out get build up that trust with your body so that under pressure
they're there for you that you have you can do it that's right because it's all
about being able to do it under duress under pressure as you said if you're not
gonna do something under pressure that you don't believe in you're gonna revert
to the thing you know you do well absolutely I think those are golden
words I hope everybody takes that to heart Sifu you've been helpful once
again. Thank you. Thank you so very much. > Don't forget, if you like this
video, thank you for sharing it and giving it a thumbs up. Until next time,
keep practicing. Get down. Get deeper in your practice, deeper than you ever
have before, so it'll be there for you under pressure. And keep fighting for a
happy life.