They say to journal your fights afterwards to learn all you can from them. Well, it looks like my instincts are jumpy, overreactive, and ultimately unproductive.
Muay Thai is by far the best thing I’ve ever done in my life.
It’s hard, physically demanding, technical, and demands a high level of skill.
The key takeaway here is not to lose your composure. Most people are jumpy in defense, strangely my default mode is attack… but its like a wild animal, and for a skilled fighter– easy to tame.
We make errors we normally wouldn’t when we “anticipate”.
In fighting, presence is everything while fortune telling, well… that’s a punch to the face (which I collected).
A friend and sparring partner did give me good advice, which I’m now going to put into practice next round.
“Take the shots.”
Don’t just blast people, stay composed, feel your opponent out, let them hit you a few times (while still defending), and let your mind be absorbed in the movements.
The relevant thing from this post is this: We fuck up our lives being overreactive. We create obstacles where there otherwise weren’t any, we drain our own gas-tanks “anticipating” what’s going to happen, and finally we’re knocked out (by life, an opponent, or whatever).
So, my takeaway from inside the ring.
Stay calm, stay composed.
#StayFoolish
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