Just watched the last couple holes and highlights of Tiger Woods win at Bay Hill. His eighth win at that tournament and giving him enough points to regain the #1 world golf ranking. Like him or not, he demonstrates what it takes to be a "black belt" in golf or I would even go a bit further and say "mastery". He continues to train upgrading his skills and surrounding himself with individuals that would make him better.
If you compare his golf to our Kung fu (my journey), you can see some similarities. His first swing was very much dominated by strength and natural ability. Think back to your days as a white belt and compare that. After a few years of that, he realized you can't keep muscling through the swing, it damages the body as you age. He changed his swing to have less power but kept the ability and added more skill (not like he didn't have enough skill before). This swing was more durable and flowed but not perfect. To me this compares to being a blue, brown and Sihing. At this stage we know that power isn't everything but technique plays an important roll. Tiger's latest swing has dialed down the power a little bit more and increased the technique. Similar to a black belt, the focus is understanding the technique and flow to gain power not powering through the technique to gain flow. I look forward to seeing his swing change again as he ages and as he chases "mastery".
I'm not sure if anyone sees parallels, I'm open for discussion.
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