Comments on: best foot forward. . . http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/05/06/best-foot-forward/ Tilting At Waves Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/05/06/best-foot-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-4243 derrick Wed, 07 May 2008 13:27:44 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/05/06/best-foot-forward/#comment-4243 Thanks ya'll! Good points brad. It's interesting to me the number of folks I know who paddle & have a matial arts background. Of course all these things that have to do with body and mind development have very common roots in how they are learned. Of course, I think If I tried martial arts I'd be a total klutz! Silbs, the water IS cold, but I was ok in my Reeds so it could be worse. Thanks ya’ll! Good points brad. It’s interesting to me the number of folks I know who paddle & have a matial arts background. Of course all these things that have to do with body and mind development have very common roots in how they are learned. Of course, I think If I tried martial arts I’d be a total klutz!

Silbs, the water IS cold, but I was ok in my Reeds so it could be worse.

]]> By: silbs6521 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/05/06/best-foot-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-4242 silbs6521 Wed, 07 May 2008 10:29:06 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/05/06/best-foot-forward/#comment-4242 Nice piece nicely done. Indeed, I have a class this week in the old pond. All we really have to worry about the students, who are unlikely to own a dry suit, freezing off their drip rings. Nice piece nicely done. Indeed, I have a class this week in the old pond. All we really have to worry about the students, who are unlikely to own a dry suit, freezing off their drip rings.

]]> By: brad mcpherson http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/05/06/best-foot-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-4238 brad mcpherson Wed, 07 May 2008 03:28:15 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/05/06/best-foot-forward/#comment-4238 All true. I have been a karate instrutor for a very long time. Most of the basic techniques appear completely impractical and in a real world are. Karateka with loads of experience flow through the techniques. Martial arts is about removing the gap between intention and execution, to act without thought. Paddling should be no different. Zen is a very overused and misinterpreted word in the West but paddling is Zen. Zen can be washing the dishes or swinging a 9 iron. Rolling a kayak is Zen when there's no thought to technique. You can't teach it in a class, just show the way. All true. I have been a karate instrutor for a very long time. Most of the basic techniques appear completely impractical and in a real world are. Karateka with loads of experience flow through the techniques. Martial arts is about removing the gap between intention and execution, to act without thought. Paddling should be no different. Zen is a very overused and misinterpreted word in the West but paddling is Zen. Zen can be washing the dishes or swinging a 9 iron. Rolling a kayak is Zen when there’s no thought to technique. You can’t teach it in a class, just show the way.

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