There is a good reason why 98% of MA spots hemorrhage money.
I had used Sun Tzu's "the art of war" number 34, "苦肉计(Ku Rou Ji) - Self-injury scheme" to approach to my teacher. My teacher was a person who just didn't teach anybody who came to him. I knew his head lock and leg twist was his "door guarding" skill. I hanged myself on tree till my arm was all bleeding. I went to him and said, "I heard that you did tree hanging when you was young. I tried to do it but no matter how hard that I have tried, I still don't feel right." He looked at my arm and believed that I was not a guy who quits TCMA training easily. He took me in.
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No art requires a low IQ. A person with a higher IQ will advance beyond his dull counterpart, provided their physical state is roughly similar.
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.
That's what the mysterious and all-knowing Chinese masters want us barbarians to believe.Originally Posted by Robinhood
Rocket science, medicine, theoretical physics....now those things require high IQ. Martial arts, no.
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Andy Warhol was officially retarded. Not joking.
Well, not retarded. But apparently had a low IQ.
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Less opinion -> less argument
No opinion -> no argument
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A person with a low IQ can pretty much learn any martial art. They may not be able to take it to another level on their own, but with good direction, they can do just fine. And I doubt there are many people here who have learned a great art and made it twice as good as it was before they learned it. Adapting it to yourself, making it yours is not making it better in general even if it is better for you. Understand the difference? I don't think IQ will make much difference at all until you get to the low or high ends. And both can be a bad thing or a good thing depending on the who and the what. Being overly intelligent isn't automatically a plus in MA's. It can hold you back just as much as not understanding. While lacking the ability or drive to overthink what you are taught can be a gift.
I think many people misunderstand the significance of IQ and what it does and does not mean.
There's a whole lot of great fighters that aren't rocket scientists; and a lot of smart guys who can't fight. In the end it comes down to training, conditioning and familiarity with the environment of fighting.
If your not drilling your techs into the ground they won't be there for you, no matter who advanced your concepts and theories are. If your not conditioning your body and your weapons, they won't stand before someone who does. If your not consistently in the high pressure environment of being attacked, you won't be able to handle it when you find yourself there.
A person of a low IQ doesn't question it, he just accepts it and does the necessary training. A person of a high IQ, after much thought and discerning, should be able to realize this, accept it and do the necessary training.