It's a good mantra - but I'm unsure about this page. Looks like a seal flavoured link farm? I've heard the phrase associated with martial arts/self-defense - l

It's a good mantra - but I'm unsure about this page. Looks like a seal flavoured link farm? I've heard the phrase associated with martial arts/self-defense - like drawing a gun and shooting in self defense, or initiating unarmed attack (defense). Rush and tense up in the muscles - and you will literally be slower. And probably miss as well. I saw a few interesting comments here, like the expanded: "Slow is steady, steady is smooth, smooth is fast" https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4FZfzqMtwQZES3eqN/slow-is-smooth-and-smooth-is-fast https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4FZfzqMtwQZES3eqN/slow-is-sm... And see that Wiktionary hand waves at the military as the origin. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/slow_is_smooth,_smooth_is_fast https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/slow_is_smooth,_smooth_is_f...