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Rokas Leonavičius in Aikido vs MMA - Second Sparring - AFTERMATH
At the same time I have to admit - as I mentioned before - I do feel that part of this journey was about also trying to save part of my identity.. I spent so much time investing into all those (Aikido) techniques and I trained so much and there was a desire to say: Well, hopefully all that energy didn't go to waste and in a sense I feel I didn't go to waste and in the same time a big part of it feel trying to establish all of it is a waste of time. The longer I tried to save it, the longer I tried to still functionalize Aikido rather than just start learning functional martial arts, I feel that time will be wasted again. And if I wasted so many years already, why should I still continue doing it, as Matt Thomton said: "just quick it as quick as you can"...
Bruce Lee: "if the cup is full you cannot add anything new there"