There are a lot of moments like this in karate. Another goes: Don’t pause during your turn-and-block. Again, I know this. It’s just that I’ve just done it so well that I’m all surprised about it and I want to enjoy the warm fuzzy feeling I get when I’ve done something right. I’m not ready to do it right yet. I still have a lot of “relishing” to get out of my system!
I’ve been told how to do a cat stance a million times. I’m still not good enough to do it right. I’m doing it better than before, but not with enough regularity to claim I can do it right. At least not yet.
I don’t mind being told over and over again how to do a cat stance. Or any other karate technique. Every time I think I’ve got it, someone says it can be done better this way.
This is how karate works. It is how we learn it. I am getting better. There is nothing quite so satisfying as finally getting something done right and you know it’s right and it feels so good. What was once impossible is now easy to do. But on the other hand, there is nothing that brings you back to reality faster than finding out how bad you really are and how much more you have to learn.