One famous wrestling master had many students. The eldest of them studied for many years and trained diligently. One day he turned to the master:
- Tell me, is there anything else that you haven’t taught me?
“I taught you everything I knew.” You have mastered all the fighting techniques known to me.
From these words, the young wrestler was filled with pride and announced to everyone and everywhere that he was now the best wrestler in the country and could even defeat his famous teacher. Hundreds of people came to watch this fight.
After an even and calm struggle, the master suddenly, with an unexpected move, put the student on both shoulder blades.
“It’s strange,” said the defeated man, catching his breath, “I learned everything you knew, but you defeated me with an unknown technique.”
“My friend, I really taught you everything I knew,” the master answered, “but this technique was born only now, during the struggle.” This is improvisation!
“But you didn’t teach me this,” said the student.
“I can’t teach you this, you must learn this yourself.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru