Discoveries

So in my quest over the last year to learn the art of wing chun, I've come to the conclusion that learning any kind of martial art is 25% physical and 75% mental. Okay give or take some. Watching the grading yesterday really drove it home for me because I realized that most of the time, it's not that I don't know the technique or how to do something, but that I don't trust myself or I don't believe it will work. There are mental blocks that are there whether it's the fear of doing it wrong or looking like an idiot or whatever, but those are the things that really me from having the confidence to go in there and do it. Well here's to self-discovery. It's good to recognize these things because it makes you realize what's holding you back. And in the beginning it's some of the physical stuff like footwork or how to properly angle your center in relation to the attack and block. Whatever. But more and more it's what's going on in my head that subconsciously is holding me back. Good to know but frustrating at the same time.