Greetings!
If you truly want to know something, you should teach it to others. As you help them understand the topic, it helps you understand it better. To explain something to someone, you have to talk about all the details and fine points. This serves as a great tool to re-inforce the details within yourself. This is very true in the Martial Arts. If you help your friend with his technique, in turn you are helping you're technique. The more you think about and share the details of a skill, the more you memorize them.
There are many times in you're training that you have a partner. If you practice Jiu Jitsu, you always have a partner. As you work on a skill together, it's always good to help you're friend with the fine points of the move...even if you're novice. Again, everytime you talk about the details, it helps you memorize them. Not too mention, that you will be a great partner. Everyone appreciates help learning their technique. Especially if they are new to it.
The same holds true if you are the higher rank. By sharing skills you are good at with a lower rank student, not only will you sharpen that skill even more, but you will have shared it with your friend. If everyone has this philosophy, then we will have a lot of great techniques being shared on the mats!
This week, make a point to "teach" & "share" your knowledge. You will find your skills getting sharper & your partner having more fun! Don't be surprised if your classmates ALWAYS want to train win you!
I truly hope you gained some benefit from this today!
ALL THE BEST!
COACH
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