How Kung Fu Panda Learned So Fast?

     Lately there seems to be a lot of movies related to Martial Arts movies. Just the other day Kung Fu Panda was playing and I happened to stop my channel surfing to check out what it was all about. Kung Fu Panda turned out to be a pretty cool movie with lots of action and words for thought by the great Master Instructors: one was a tortoise and the other was a red panda. Aside from all the words for thought and social commentary, I was more interested to see how someone like Po (the panda) could learn and improve at such rapid rates. 

     Master Shifu (the red panda) starts to train Po by mainstreaming him with his other pupils but this method seems destined to fail. Po is unable to keep up with the level of the other students and even with his determined "can do" attitude, seems hopeless in his quest to become the Dragon Warrior. Things don't start to change until the rest of the crew leaves to stop Tae-long and Po is left alone to train with Master Shifu. At this moment, Master Shifu realizes how to motivate and elevate Po's training to another level. They go about training in a very specific nature intended for the development of Po and ONLY Po. Individualized training that is specific to fit the level, needs, personality, and motivation of the individual dramatically changed the productivity and output of Po's training. Basically, Po had 24 hr long private lessons with the best instructor around. In addition, his instructor fully devoted himself to structuring the best possible training that fit Po's needs. 

    There are several other factors that contributed to Po's rapid development. 1: Po had no distractions and was able to completely focus on learning (and actually he had to overcome his addiction to food). 2: Po  had complete trust in his instructor, Master Shifu to make him the Dragon Warrior. 3: Po was determined to succeed, and wouldn't allow himself to fail. 

     I think I might go on Netflix to watch some other Martial Arts movies to see if this seems to be the popular trend. Any movie suggestions? NOW, who wants to go watch Kung Fu Panda 2 with me?

Eliot Kelly

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El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

"The secret is, there is no secret." - Po