Knowledge

The other day in the level two class, Sifu Brinker said something along the lines of “There will always be more that you don’t know, than stuff that you do know”. When you think of knowledge, it’s a very fickle and complicated thing. The ability to drive a car, program a super computer, or shoot a basketball all require a certain degree of knowledge, yet all three are extremely different things. It’s important to remember that knowledge is not something that is set in stone, or follows one singular set of rules. 

In a student/teacher setting, I find that there are two main “types” of knowledge at play, among many others. The first is the one everyone thinks of. What is the teacher teaching the student. But what most people forget is what the teacher is learning from the student. A mediocre teacher will focus only on outputting information and hoping the student can pick it up on their own. A good teacher learns from what the student is excelling and lacking in and attempts to modify how they’re outputting that information so that the student can better pick it up.

I personally enjoy working with and helping as many people as I can, because there’s so much I can learn in return. Sometimes, it’s not until you have to break down a technique or form to try and show it to someone else that you really understand and comprehend the mechanics behind it. Sometimes, you have to explain something with a little more detail than normal to actually understand what you’re explaining; to actually connect with it

There is an unlimited amount of knowledge in this universe. It’s important to remember all the dynamics to knowledge; don’t focus on merely putting words in someone else’s head. Make sure they can read and understand them. And if the don’t understand them the first time, learn from it, adjust, and try again.