What an awesome morning! Summer in Wyoming is Heaven! I have just come back from my morning run and now I'm sipping my cup of coffee, getting ready for another day.
We train tonight- and I can't wait.
On Saturday, I got to my first polo game in 6 years. I had forgotten that rush...riding at 20 MPH, horse flattened out, stretching out for the ball, WHACK! and watching it fly ahead. Listening for the other riders trying to chase you...you and your horse, working as one unit.
Time changes in those moments. Your mind opens as you focus on one point - the ball, and you focus on everything else- the field. Martial arts on a high level is the same. When I was practicing karate, we used to do drills where you were attacked consecutively by 10 people, then simultaneously by 10 people. It is the same rush.
Since I have started a new art (Bujinkan), I've had to restart at the bottom (lookin' at the feet) and work up through the drills. I forgot the feeling that can be gotten with high level training. Saturday's polo match reminded me
It is the search for that feeling that motivates me in 90% of what I do. What motivates you in the martial arts? What gets you up in the morning and says - "Hey- it's monday. I get to train today!"?