At one point, we understood physics to be of physical objects - of which we could calculate distance, vectors, velocities, predict and estimate forces, pressure, where an object will land, etc.
And then we realized that physical objects are not physical at all. They are, instead, manifestation of energy. They are protons, neutrons, quarks - unpredictable energy particles that can be in two places at once and behaves nothing like physical objects as we understood it.
What about our training? We can work to death, down to the very detail of what wing chun action should be or what the drill should teach us, but then, we may lose sight of what it is we want to do at the end of the day - to knock the other guy out.
And it is on this note that perhaps, perfection is a waste of time.
Getting it right 60% of the time is better than attempting it that one time we get it 100% of the time.
On that note, do you believe that training to perfection is a waste of time? Do you think it's worth just getting in the ring and trying to fight where you're at, rather than waiting till you've trained chi-sao to such and such level?
Chi-sao is not fighting. Fighting is fighting. You don't need the perfect tan-sao to fight. Who's with me?
Until then.
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