wow, you're totally awesome at pulling what you want to hear from a post.
i don't have any 'advanced' students really, my most senior adult student has just been with me two years.
and I didn't say that I did or that they utilized anything different from newbies...hopefully, they use the same stuff, just slightly better.
i tell my students in the beginning that all the tools they need to become as good a fighter as they have the heart to be are available to them in the first few months. they just have to want to endure the conditioning needed to be a good fighter and be willing to get hit hard by someone within 10-15 pounds of their own weight.
the rest is icing on the cake and if they can add one 'extra' thing to their toolbox every couple of months, then they are doing well.
"George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."
"If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"
"Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"
It's simpler than you think.
I could be completely wrong"