Trust
Trust is an integral part of our training. You need to have trust in your instructors that they’re leading you down the right path. You need to trust the process of what is being laid out before you. You need to trust the techniques that were developed hundreds if not thousands of years ago. You need to trust your training partner. There is a lot of trust that goes in to your training for it to be successful. We also need to trust ourselves, our abilities, and our bodies. Now that I have the go ahead to start strengthening my knee and leg, I realize that the biggest hurdle I face is in trusting my body again. I know I need to strengthen it and push my boundaries, but there is the hesitation of not wanting to re-injure it. I know I am capable though. I catch myself doing things from time to time without thinking about it, things I wasn’t able to do when the injury was fresh. ...