http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/beyond/2008/summer/an-enduring-legacy.shtml
Hypothetically if you were dying, what would you say in your last lecture? For Randy Pausch, that isn't a hypothetical. He was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and the doctors only gave him a few more months to live.
If you haven't read it, I strongly recommend it no matter who you are and what you do.. You may want to check out his video first on youtube -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
In his lecture Dr Randy explains head fakes as 'Indirect learnings'..
"And the other thing about football is we send our kids out to play football or
soccer or swimming or whatever it is, and it's the first example of what I'm
going to call a head fake, or indirect learning. We actually don't want our kids
to learn football. ... we send our kids out to learn much more important things.
Teamwork, sportsmanship, perseverance, et cetera, et cetera."
It's amazing to think how much the 'head fake' theory applies to us.. It is not the most obvious outcome of a certain activity that may benefit and define us, but the indirect learning from an sports or activity that ends up benefitting us a lot more..
This is mainly true with Muay Thai (or any martial arts). Your primary aim maybe to get fitter or to be able to defend yourself, but the number of indirect learnings can range from respect for each other, self-respect, time-management etc and ofcourse value of time - 3 minutes in the ring can be a very long time when you are getting beaten the crap out by someone!
