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Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
After a life time study in martial arts you may come to the realization that fighting or not fighting, is really the same.
It takes greater courage to lead by truth than to lead with fear and deception.
Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.
Don’t be attracted only to powerful techniques within a martial art you do see, but more in the peaceful path of what you don’t see.
The true martial artist has a caring spirit that sees all as one.
We are all of this earth, do not fight or lay greed. The earth is plentiful if we can all learn to share it.
Look for a Sensei that can inspire you to search beyond technique. The longer you study the martial arts, clearer will be your understanding within the applied techniques.
Compassion is a powerful word. In it contains all of what is martial and what is art. Yet without the years in its study one may not come to understand its true meaning.
Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.