Mastery

The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to. -Chuang Tzu

The teacher is afraid that I am bored at the lesson, but I assured him that I am learning a lot from it.
Again, Bruce Lee’s mantra describes what I am experiencing deeply: “I know no moves”. It doesn’t take me much to learn any new movements. My muscle memory is skillful enough to absorb without the arbitration of my mind. Leaving the hard part to be pondered over and over; how to forget the moves and focus on the core being of movements.

The way to teach and the way to move has been polished and re-polished over centuries of experiments. Certain steps are sequenced certain ways because it is found to be the free flowing provoke the least argument between couples. Styling is conceived to aid the weight placement of such movement, nothing is done for nothing. Although the teachers are young, the movement and the dance itself is archaic, it’s just a simple shifting of perception.

Why are certain things done in a certain way? What’s the core of that understanding? What’s a dancer without dance moves? I am left to ponder these questions whenever the teacher shows me something new. Be the teacher a class instructor, the girl that just learnt to dance or the show off that wants to prove she/he is better. They all have something to teach me. Or put it another way, I can finally learn from everything. All I had to do was drop my ego. Once that’s done, I drew away from making my self look good while focusing more on how to make the movement flow with one-ss, ensuring all the while that the lady is receiving maximum pleasure.