I say Karate, but that includes Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Kenpo, or whatever. I am speaking of the martial arts on the whole.
To understand what has happened to the Martial Arts one needs to understand what has happened to them first.
What has happened is the broad institutionalization of mankind. Sounds big, but it means that instead of going to school to become more aware, one goes to school to learn how to get along, and to memorize a bunch of tricks so that he can work for somebody else.
Not much of a future, eh?
But it's true...people in school are not taught how to start a business, but how to work for somebody else.
Now, in the martial arts there is a difference, and this difference is Awareness. In the martial arts one is taught how to actually be Aware, how to solve the problems of the universe no matter how frantic they become, to keep a cool head and prevail.
The problem, unfortunately, is that the martial arts have become tainted. People learn them so they can beat somebody up, or win a trophy, or get a belt. And, underlying this corruption, is the simple laziness that modern schooling imparts.
I remember one class I was teaching, and one fellow suddenly walked out of the class, right out of the forms and sweat and bruises and everything, and got himself a glass of water.
"What did you just do?" I asked, amazed.
"I was thirsty," the fellow said.
"So you're going to stop a fight, right in the middle of being punched, and get a glass of water?"
"But I can get a glass of water when I get thirsty in school," the dull one explained, as if I was the dull one.
He didn't understand, and the time for words was long passed. This was a lesson he should have learned lo-o-ong ago. This was a lesson his parents should have been spanked for for not teaching him.
"Line up," I commanded the class. And, to the dull one, "We are going to freestyle you, one by one, until you are thirsty and can't breath and are exhausted and just want to quit. And if you manage not to quit, I'll let you stay in class."
Needless to say, the dull fellow became a wide-eyed fellow, and in the best sense of the word. Simply, he learned that the martial arts aren't a class, they are a method to survival, and only if you are willing to put aside your designer water and engage in real combat, are you going to become a living, breathing, more aware person.
Stop being a work a day fool and become Aware. Go to MonsterMartialArts.com and learn the most efficient methods for gaining Awareness through the martial Arts in the world. Karate or Tai Chi chuan or whatever martial art you prefer, you can undo the institutionalized education you have been tainted with.
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I say Karate, but that includes Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Kenpo, or whatever. I am speaking of the martial arts on the whole.
To understand what has happened to the Martial Arts one needs to understand what has happened to them first.
What has happened is the broad institutionalization of mankind. Sounds big, but it means that instead of going to school to become more aware, one goes to school to learn how to get along, and to memorize a bunch of tricks so that he can work for somebody else.
Not much of a future, eh?
But it's true...people in school are not taught how to start a business, but how to work for somebody else.
Now, in the martial arts there is a difference, and this difference is Awareness. In the martial arts one is taught how to actually be Aware, how to solve the problems of the universe no matter how frantic they become, to keep a cool head and prevail.
The problem, unfortunately, is that the martial arts have become tainted. People learn them so they can beat somebody up, or win a trophy, or get a belt. And, underlying this corruption, is the simple laziness that modern schooling imparts.
I remember one class I was teaching, and one fellow suddenly walked out of the class, right out of the forms and sweat and bruises and everything, and got himself a glass of water.
"What did you just do?" I asked, amazed.
"I was thirsty," the fellow said.
"So you're going to stop a fight, right in the middle of being punched, and get a glass of water?"
"But I can get a glass of water when I get thirsty in school," the dull one explained, as if I was the dull one.
He didn't understand, and the time for words was long passed. This was a lesson he should have learned lo-o-ong ago. This was a lesson his parents should have been spanked for for not teaching him.
"Line up," I commanded the class. And, to the dull one, "We are going to freestyle you, one by one, until you are thirsty and can't breath and are exhausted and just want to quit. And if you manage not to quit, I'll let you stay in class."
Needless to say, the dull fellow became a wide-eyed fellow, and in the best sense of the word. Simply, he learned that the martial arts aren't a class, they are a method to survival, and only if you are willing to put aside your designer water and engage in real combat, are you going to become a living, breathing, more aware person.
Stop being a work a day fool and become Aware. Go to MonsterMartialArts.com and learn the most efficient methods for gaining Awareness through the martial Arts in the world. Karate or Tai Chi chuan or whatever martial art you prefer, you can undo the institutionalized education you have been tainted with.
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TK Duncan writes on a variety of topics such as mixed martial arts. She also writes on career issues. Ronin Athletics features MMA classes.