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this phrase is used in sailing, skiing, motorcycling, showjumping, skydiving, tennis, classical musicianship, downhill mountain biking, and lately I hear, mma. I have some doubt that it originated with door kickers.
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Doing it once correctly is faster than doing it two (or more times) incorrectly. And when you try to go fast, it's usually by being incorrect and hoping that it won't matter this one time.
This is something I've learned to really like after hearing it once, we never have time to do it right the first time, yet we always seem to find time to do it wrong multiple times.
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Not that I disagree with your point, but... throwing your fight against the much smaller woman at the dojo is contractual. Weight classes exist for a reason.
Weight classes matter between two trained opponents. Quite a bit less when one’s a newbie and the other an expert.
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Long ago a cousin challenged the uncle for a swim. Both are acceptable athletes. He started faster, was ahead for 50m or so and then came back cooked. The uncle started 30% slower... but he kept at that rhythm forever until we couldn't see him and came back unphased. Very telling lesson.
This is a really big problem for me in general, actually. I have ADHD, and so my brain is always telling me to go faster, so that I can get the dopamine hit and move on to other things. It has to be extremely intentional for me to remind myself that pace matters. I really envy those who can just do that naturally; my wife is one of those people. Meanwhile, when I forget, I find myself 25 minutes into what was going t…
I tend to over pace and not be fully spent at the end of a workout. I've had to work to just be toast 90% of the way through instead so I get the most out of my workouts.
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Weight classes matter between two trained opponents. Quite a bit less when one’s a newbie and the other an expert.
Yes, but the description above has to be hyperbole. A 6.2 built athlete vs small woman...
This is one of the first really important lessons you learn in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Everyone walks in, day one, and is dumping adrenaline everywhere they look. I mean, the person in front of you is literally engaging you in practicing murder, so I get it. Everyone starts that way. Super tense, super shallow breathing, and everyone wears themselves out in about 30-40 seconds. Of a 6 minute round. Doesn’t matter if you…
I routinely get beaten by small women because I’m not a spazoid and I want my training partners to enjoy training with me.
But if my life was on the line, there’s no way they could tap me. Not even a chance.
Ambulance personnel/paramedics very much do this, in Australia at least. They never run, never rush, and don't get sucked in to the panic and chaos.
There's also the adage of "if you get injured, now we're more resource-constrained, because we have an extra patient."
The only area where I could see "moving with a purpose" would be uncontrolled bleeding, and getting to a patient for a tourniquet, starting fluid resuscitation and getting you to a surgeon.
- I'd be curious if the origin is really the Navy seals. I couldn't find in my brief searching any where else... - I like John Wooden's saying "be quick but don't hurry". I mentioned that to a doctor who trained in the mid 20th century and he said that surgeons had a line "hurry, but don't rush"
One that came to my mind when I was trying to help my step-daughter learn to drive:
"Be assertive, but don't be aggressive."