Resilience, recovery and self defence

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Tue, 17/08/2010 - 07:42
Ian and Paula
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Every monday night I am assaulted, thrown on the ground and suffer pain.I actually pay for this privilege,don't like missing and also do it to others. To clarify it is a self defence class for a martial art called Aikido.Mental attitude is a very significant aspect of training.Looking back to when I started the class there are some metaphors with recovery

- I had to develop resilience. In life no one can avoid the knocks and difficulties and the same with Aikido. Through time I have learnt to take the physical 'knocks' but get up the next morning ready to face the new day - the thumps I took the previous night
are over and dealt with.

- A survivor mentality as opposed to a victim mentality. My mental approach is that whatever the situation I will survive and learn from it.

- Self defence - through learning new skills I know how to defend myself - no one else can do it for me. Part of recovery is developing self defence in our thinking - no one else can think for us.

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Tue, 17/08/2010 - 21:43
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Brilliant!

Hi Ian and Paula,

Thank you so much for your post. It really is so similar to recovery.

Today, let's give that condition one helluva roundhouse kick to the head :-)

C xx

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