“PARDON THE GRAMMAR, BUT – DON’T IT FEEL GOOD!” Part 2

Okay, I have more "Don't it feel good".....    

        

         How about this one, you've been working with a student on something for awhile, a form, a throw, kick combination, whatever.  Anyway, they keep doing it and they can’t get it right.  You go over it again and again and they still don’t get it. Suddenly, something happens and you see a light in their eyes and they got it.  They can do the technique.  After all that time, after all that effort, they have it, it’s theirs. Don’t it feel good? 

            You are at a tournament, exhibition, banquet or some affair and your teacher calls you over and introduces you as “Master”!  You actually heard those words come from him!  Wow don’t it feel good.        

            Here’s another, how about when your first group of students tested and passed their black belt exam.  Now you and your teacher are giving them their “diplomas” so to speak, you’re giving them their black belts.  You start to remember how nervous you were when you first started teaching at your own place.  Wondering if you were doing the right thing, wondering if anyone would actually pay to listen to you!  Wondering if indeed you are showing them the proper techniques and the proper applications.  And now, here they are; your first class of black belts!  

            Man, don’t it feel good! 

            You’re outside the dojang.  Maybe you’re shopping, going to the movies, whatever.  You happen to see one of your senior students with some of their friends.  You over hear their conversation; to make his point, the senior student quotes you.  The friends understand his point now, because the student quoted you.  Wow, the things you said were actually heard and retained.  Man, don’t it feel Good! 

            It’s that special, quiet time in the night.  You happen to be awake.  You finish "your business in the bathroom" and before you go back to bed you take a look at that person in the mirror who’s starring at you.  That person says, “You know, you made some mistakes, couple things you did wrong, said some things you shouldn't have said.  But overall, you are loved and respected by your family, friends and peers.  Your students look up to you, and you are continuing to uphold traditions and values set down thousands of years ago by warriors, whose names are long forgotten.  You have traveled down a road that not everyone can walk. You do things that others just talk or dream about. You are a martial artist.”  You nod your head at what they said and you know something, you gotta admit it; puff out your chest, stand tall and smile, cause… don’t it feel good!

Yeah...
Until next time.....