I am now in the club of Schnawuffel. Do you know
him ?
I do.
He is really good.
At what ?
He has won tournaments.
Yes, he did. And what do you gain from that
?
He can teach me efficiently so I can quickly
reach a high level.
Winning tournaments or not has nothing to do with what
you want to do or merely are able to do.
And he is a Fadaddel
master.
He achieved his victories with his sportiness. Everything
he does, also at Fadaddel,
is to express his physical superiority through certain forms. That's
what he is thriving on. You do not have any physical superiority and
will never get one. For a short period of time you can rise a bit in
the hierarchy of physicality, but you will eventually come down big
time. That is not sustainable.
But one aspect of Fadaddel
is to overcome physical superiority without even more physical
superiority, the mental stuff ... somehow ?!
Yes, that is part of Fadaddel's
DNA. Just, your instructor is not doing it. He might parrot it but
does not know how to do it. He is adorning himself with the positive
associations of Fadaddel.
And he is using people's ignorance. He takes your money and wants to
be your guru. Such guys also like to appear as
personal trainers and life
coaches.
But he has been awarded high
ranks.
In this field some things are going wildly
wrong.
Again: This guy is selling you his physical
superiority as martial art. You could better go to a pasture and get
yourself run over by some bull. That costs less and one is
outside in the fresh air.
Would you then regard the bovine as a master or
teacher and try to emulate its methods? Coming from a position of
physical inferiority requires a completely different approach than
starting from physical
superiority.
And what should I do now ?
Fadaddel
is fine and has vast potential. The same is true for Imfibimfi
and Lawaaffel.
Find yourself a training environment and instructors and students
who have understood this and want to pursue it. But this will
usually take time.
