Six Harmonies Martial Arts

Just keep going 👊🏻

“…..In your training career, there may come a time when you find yourself frustrated and disgusted with what you feel to be your own dullness. You just can not get the techniques right. Your training just does not seem to go the way you want it to. I consider this slump period to be absolutely necessary for your own growth. Your sense of frustration and constriction leads you to the breakthrough you need for advancement. Like a snake that struggles to shed it’s skin so that it can grow larger, the martial artist too must pass these inevitable stages of molting for growth.

This moulting period can be a dangerous time for the unwary, however. Because of the frustration experienced in working through your current training barrier, no matter what it is, you can become an easy victim to the seductive allure of all the other martial technique systems that suddenly seem to appear to be so much more desirable or glamorous than your own system. Just as one child is always more impressed with the toys of another child, it is a common weakness for students to reach a point of “tough going” and then suddenly look to the other martial arts as a form of distraction. Anything and everything else suddenly looks so good.
Use your commitment to consistency work through these difficult periods.
Keep going….”

Masaaki Hatsumi 宗家

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“..Nature does not give us any flowers or fruit until the right time has come. Nature also changes - it is not always fine weather. The rain and wind of a typhoon cause immense damage, and too many sunlit days damage the crops through drought.
The same applies to one’s training in the martial arts. One cannot avoid hardship or suffering. Walking a stoney path is the destiny of anyone who trains. That is why it is so important to understand the way of nature…”

Nagato先生

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from all of us at Six Harmonies Martial Arts 🎄🥋

Wishing our students, families, and community a joyful festive season filled with peace, health, and harmony.

Thank you for your continued support, dedication, and spirit throughout the year — we’re grateful to train alongside you all.

Enjoy the break, stay safe, and we look forward to another strong year together 💫

Shifu Stuart & SHMA Team 🩷✨🎄

A good chat with Alan Watts 🙏🏼

Alan Watts _ True Peace Begins When the Mind Stops Pretending Problems Exist Alan Watts _ True Peace Begins When the Mind Stops Pretending Problems ExistAlan Watts (1915–1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker best known ...

Agreed 👍🏻

“You must practice correctly,gently and relaxed. Some people say, “that’s too soft” or “too slow”, but if you are trying to learn correct movements nothing can be “too soft”’or “too slow.” Surely this is plain logic - can’t everybody understand it?”

Nagato先生