Whether it’s practicing forms, breathing or simply timing, the martial arts will teach you to find your patience. Life comes down to moments where we react or don’t. Martial arts teaches you the distinction of when to react, and when not to. In your first martial arts class, you will start with this discomfort. You must find the willingness to seek your limitations and work with and through them.

Art, in a most basic of definition is expression, and a martial artist focuses on that expression throughout the whole journey.