Greetings Team,
My topic for you today is the concept of getting laser beam focus on achieving your goals. For this particular conversation, I will relate it to our Martial Arts training. I'm sure, however; that you can easily apply this concept to your everyday life.
My metaphor of a shotgun and a sniper rifle simply refers to the method you may chose in attacking your goals. Let's take Jiu-Jitsu for example. If you are playing from bottom guard, you have a list of attacks and sweeps in your arsenal. The challenge is, how do you ensure you can get them to work? If you randomly go after submissions and just hope you catch one, you are using a shotgun. If I were to stand across the room and shoot my shotgun at my target, I'm hoping some bullets hit it. This is really what you are doing when you attack in this way. Hope is not a great term to use in fighting. So, how do you ensure victory? Use a sniper rifle.
I think it's safe to say that if I aimed at that same target with my sniper rifle, I wouldn't hope my bullet hit its mark. I would put it in my cross hairs and pull the trigger. To that end, you need to put your opponent in a position where you know where he can go and what he can do. If you tie him up and limit his movement, THEN go for your submission, you have put him in your cross hairs and pulled the trigger.
So as you are training this week, make a point to put your partners in positions where you can attempt certain attacks. I guarantee you'll see better results!
Next week we will talk about how to streamline your practice even further by isolating yourself to only a few skills/or techniques.
Hope this helps!
All the Best!
COACH
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