Aiki Dojo Message - Nerves of Steel

[@Californiansurfer]

Basho. 😊

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

How can you develop "nerves of steel", and how do you know if you will be able to stand stoically in the face of fear if your training is not pressure tested? If you want to see an example of nerves of steel, watch the fight between Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz. Diaz was taking a beating. Pac was just smashing Diaz for 11-rds, yet Diaz remained calm, doing his best to fight back and to continue coming forward despite the fact he was getting the living daylights beat out of him. It's Diaz's training that got him through that. This is what composure under adversity is all about, and it can only be developed through pressure testing during training. Steel needs to be tempered. For steel to be tempered, you need heat. I'm not saying that you should beat the living daylights out of each other in training, but there needs to be some resistance and controlled pressure testing involved. There's safe ways to introduce realistic resistance and pressure testing into training without increasing the risk for injury.

[@Californiansurfer]

Bosho.