How does your training make you feel?
Now before you go thinking that I'm trying to get all psychological on you, I want you to realize that this plays a HUGE role in your training as well as effectiveness.
Just bear with me and find out how.
If you are training with the interest of being able to defend yourself then you realize that awareness is a key aspect of self defense.
With that in mind, it has often been said that self-awareness is the highest form of awareness.
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss." -Sun Tzu
This quote signifies the importance of awareness.
It's even more important to realize that if you walk around trying to be the biggest bad ass then you will simply be escalating any situation where someone else feels the same way about themselves.
Compare that view of yourself with instead developing a quiet confidence and you clearly see the difference where you aren't adding fuel to the fire but are giving off the impression that you will not make an easy victim, something that all predators are looking for.
So ask yourself this question seriously, how does your training make you feel?
Confrontational, aggressive, angry, violent, or self-confident, self-assured, and focused?
Which set of feelings do you think will help you avoid or survive an altercation?
Which of these two sets depicts someone who is more likely to be involved in conflict?
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