Kosho Reflections Issue #3: The Student is a Better Teacher Than The Teacher
Mar 01, 2026
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To the Reader
If you teach, this will challenge you. If you study under someone, this may confuse you.
Either way, pay attention. What follows strikes at something most martial artists protect without realizing it.
The Teaching
The student is a better teacher than the teacher.
This is not a contradiction. It is a truth that most people in positions of authority refuse to examine.
The teacher represents the individual who is instructing. However, if that individual has forgotten to keep his mind fresh by being a good student first, he lacks the ability to understand and communicate the concepts. The student has the ability to analyze, to search, to look over and over again. This student is superior to one who is merely teaching others and not going through a learning process himself.
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To the Reader
Every man has a price. That is what people believe. They believe it because, most of the time, they are right. But every once in a while, you meet someone who does not have one. And when you do, it will tell you more about yourself than it tells you about them.
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To the Reader
You have been taught to be strong. To overcome. To dominate.
What if that teaching is incomplete?
The Teaching
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To the Reader
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