Today I’m going to let Rocky Balboa do most of the talking:

“It aint about how hard you hit,” says Rocky. “it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward”.

As a martial arts instructor, this is what I’m looking for: Someone who can learn to take the “hits” and keep coming back for more.

Do you put yourself through the gruelling 4-hour grading process? Do you willingly submit to year after year of bruises, breaks, blood, sweat and tears? And once you’ve done that, do you continue to look for harder and harder ways to test yourself?

Martial arts aren’t about learning to fight. The Rocky movies aren’t really about boxing, either…