Obukan June 2022 Newsletter

letter from Mark - sensei June 2022 www.obukanjudo.org Learn-Practice-Test-Repeat After a two-year COVID-19break, Judo tournaments are slowing starting to reemerge in the Pacific Northwest. Tournaments are a great opportunity to test what you’ve learned and practiced in the dojo. If you want to supercharge your Judo, there is no better way to do it than competing in a tournament. You’ll find out more about your strengths and weaknesses in one day than you might in one month of practice. The key to supercharging your Judo is to use the experience that you gain from competing in a local tournament and thoughtfully self-reflecting on both what went as planned and what didn’t go as planned. Bringing back wins and losses to the dojo is not as important as bringing back lessons learned and a focus and determination on making adjustments in your Judo. When you return to the dojo, what areas of your Judo do you want to focus on adjusting? What experiences (both good and bad) did you gain? What corrections do you want to make? Any Sensei that saw your matches or coached you, has ideas that can help you. Ask questions. Own your Judo. Return to the dojo and treat it as your Judo Laboratory. Experiment with different adjustments to your Judo. As you make adjustments to your Judo, embrace failure. There has never been a mad scientist that hasn’t failed! You’ll fail more often than succeed, but remember that Judo is about the journey, not the end. Learn-(Fail) Practice-Test-Repeat

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