Only by constantly exposing myself to someone better than I have I been able to improve.
Anger doesn't demand action. When you act in anger, you lose self-control.
When you lose your temper, you lose yourself—on the mat as well as in life.
What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well.
Only through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort.
Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.