Stepping Back in Order to Go Forward. Right now, as a artist, I've found that, because I was easy on myself and did not spend the long hours doing the basics of oil and acrylic painting, that I have had to face a substantially diminished quality of my finished product (a painting) as I tackle pieces and methods that I skipped in order "to get to the good stuff". As I sit here, in view of my easel with a more complicated, but much less successful painting than I'm used to, I recall the correlations this phenomena I'm encountering as a painter has to martial art's training.
For example, I spent some time during my college years at a commercial TKD school (not bashing TKD, just the limitations of THIS specific school) that rushed students through their forms (those testing fees, and all) and taught advanced techniques the first year. Later, when I entered another Korean style (TSD), I had to spend a year as a white belt relearning the basics correctly. In other words, I had to step back ino order to move forward. Anyone else have the same experience? Thoughts?
For example, I spent some time during my college years at a commercial TKD school (not bashing TKD, just the limitations of THIS specific school) that rushed students through their forms (those testing fees, and all) and taught advanced techniques the first year. Later, when I entered another Korean style (TSD), I had to spend a year as a white belt relearning the basics correctly. In other words, I had to step back ino order to move forward. Anyone else have the same experience? Thoughts?