Martial arts and movement · The practice
Prove discipline by showing up
Definition
Discipline is returning at the hour you set, and doing the minimum honest version even when the feeling is gone.
The lesson
Showing up is the whole proof. A perfect session you only do when you feel like a warrior is not discipline. A plain session you do on a tired day is.
Set a time and a minimum: twenty minutes, a walk, a set of movements you already know, a page of the day’s lesson practiced in the body. When the day arrives dull, do the minimum. Do not renegotiate it into a speech about tomorrow.
Keep the session you already named. If you named none, do twenty honest minutes today and write tomorrow’s time before you stop.
An intense plan that replaces the ordinary session you have not done.