There is no difference in who started to study first; the one who achieves accomplishment is first.
Relax and calm your mind. Forget about yourself and follow your opponent's movement.
We all have inner demons to fight, we call these demons, fear and hatred and anger. If you do not conquer them then a life of one hundred years is a tragedy. If you do, then a life of a single day can be a triumph.
Greet what arrives, escort what leaves and rush upon loss of contact
Do not fight with the strength, absorb it, and it flows, use it.
Students from the same teacher will differ in their skills