This is what it looks like.
There are three secrets to achieving Level 3 status in the martial arts:
- Come to class...
- Practice...
- Don't quit.
For decades our instructors have seen the difference between students who reach their goals and those who don't. It's not special talent, bigger muscles, or a higher I.Q. It's consistency (sample image of consistency above). The students who show up, go up! Consistency is simple but it's hardly ever easy because we allow a mole hill of an obstacle to become a mountain. The most frequent excuse we hear about why a prospective student chooses not to enroll is "I don't have the time". This is the same excuse for why students say they need to stop training - because their schedule changed and they don't have the time. The reality of the situation is they both don't see a value to training. Value comes from having a goal that's important to you. That goal then becomes the driving force behind "making" the time to show up even when the schedule gets a bit busier than normal. Fortunately, our Kempo-karate martial art is full of so many amazing movements and a variety of training drills that it makes being consistent in our program easier than most other activities. But over time we can become numb to even the most entertaining and fun hobbies. Yes, you might be extra tired or burned out sometimes, but success doesn't care. It doesn't care when you're busy, sick, burned out, tired, scared, unprepared or even just want a break. All it cares about is that you show up at the same time, to the same place, to do the same things in the same way without fail. Somehow "it" knows and you'll always be rewarded for it. If you don't believe us then we dare you to prove us wrong....