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The Arts. Martial Arts. Reflections

Replying to a post which was saying which style of TKD is the best.

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Martial arts discussions like this, always evoke a deep sense of reflection in me.

End of the day.. there are limitations in TKD. Any martial arts that does not evolve is doomed. Doomed in the sense of the fundamental purpose of how Martial arts started. 

Stopping and destroying another individual.

Recognize that a system of fighting is just that, a system. Some day, some where, another system would evolve that is purportedly better. Recognize that there are limitations to everything.

It is up to an individual to break them.

Hey, though who said MA is all about destroying? It could be about stuff too. Like health, mental development, improvement etc.

End of the day … again, for the best fighter in the world, there would be a day when you grow old, shrivel and die. Krav Maganites, Karatekas, Nak Muays, Taekwondo Aficionados, BJJers, MMAers.

Sadly based on the bench mark of who is a better fighter from which Martial arts, most practitioner would never grow nor benefit from what they are learning. Recognise that there would always be a greater mountain.

End of the day lastly yet again. You are as good as your last fight.

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me, singing, silly, haha, prelude to actual shit

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Worthy Index 120 => Very Insightful: Ohshima

“The difference between the waking person and the person who is asleep is that the sleepwalker feels he is already awake; the awakened one is still striving, pushing, struggling to be awakened”

Is Taekwondo all about fighting?

Xiong Sheng Is TKD all about fighting? No. It must be a force for good, that can develop people and benefit society. Fighting well is a by-product.

Xiong Sheng

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A status update on facebook that has illicit a long reflective response, my apologies.

Martial arts have beginnings in fighting, then with practitioners finding philosophy behind it in the midst of their journey. All other benefits are tagged by other people.
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No one needs martial arts to be healthy and focused and find philosophy in the activity. Jogging can do that.

Martial arts is not all about fighting but fundamentally you need to fight. You cannot run away from it. You can change the rules of a competition and make it more sports like.

End of the day, it is still the techniques that you learn that are going to hurt another person. if not then it would not be martial arts no more. Aerobics kickboxing anyone?

Fighting is a huge core component.

Kata, patterns, breaking, all have their origins to the ability to fight. The measure of limits.

If you don’t fight and push the bracket, you would never see the light. Of where your limits are. All the mambo jumbo philosophy, are never clear.

Because you are just talking the walk.

Walk the talk, then talk the walk. Other industry, other sports I am not sure, but this would be much the case in Martial Arts.

A decent MArtist should be able to fight well. He may not be the best but he should be able to fight well.

I remember a quote from the Korean Movie about Mas Oyama. Justice without power is empty. Power without justice is violence.

Peace out

Andy Mckee For my Father. I am Learning this song now

Are YOU Ever Ready

For the opportunities? You need to be always ready. Ready for what? Ready for opportunities you dimwit.

I was at a thank you dinner hosted by the organizers of a white collar boxing event. I wasn’t ready. I had my cards, my smile, my firm handshake.

I wasn’t ready. Mentally at least.

I had spent the whole day at home. In a state of lull and relaxation.

Some Mediacorp celebrity was there. Apparently he owns a magazine now. I wasn’t interested the least bit.

SCREW ALL OF YOU, I JUST WANT TO EAT THE FOOD ! Yum, gulp, yum.

This was pathetic. I am pathetic. Gobbling down all that food.

How does one network effectively?

It is really a state of mind. A attitude that you carry. That makes people gravitate towards you.

1. Smile

and say hi. Fantastic dinner huh? Where you guys from? Start the ball rolling. Have the mindset that you are the host. And saying hi just makes someone have a nicer night isn’t it?

2. Give

your cards naturally. It seems pushy to me to give at the start. Though it is the way you give it that is the key. I would give it when they ask what I do for a living.

where you guys come from, off from work? Ahh, what do you do for a living? It is only nice that they ask you back, then show them your card. THEY asked for your card didn’t they?

3.  Interesting script

to say when someone ask what you do for a living. 30 seconds to say it. Something unique about what you do. Eg. “I am a salesman, I sell things” would be different from “I am in a line where I make positive changes.”

“I am a tech support person”, versus “I face the most intelligent and dumbest people everyday.” Things that would pique interest and make them question you more.

Or things that gives a refreshing perspective from the convention.

Depending on the image you want to portray, a 2 hour dinner may have taken a lifetime for some to prepare.

Be genuine, be sincere, connect to people and have fun doing it.

People can smell bull from a mile away.

Always be ready. Ever ready

Working hard or smart

girardlin:

A conscious effort to keep thinking and living.

It is hard.

Anything that’s not hard, would be termed a effortless journey. What we call a habit.

A habit can only be formed after 90 days of conscious conditioning.

So for things to become easy it must be hard at first.

Unless you are a genius. Unless you are talented.

That’s why we work hard.

However the Protestant way of work ethics is so ingrained in us and every religion and culture that we think working hard is the only way.

Godspeed with you if you think working hard is enjoyable.

Working hard is enjoyable only at the things you enjoy.

Work smart then you’d say. I have a axe to grind with people that tells me that. I worked hard all my life and only had success when I started working smart.

Working smart is not independent of working hard. The smarts and the hards must go hand in hand.

Specifically it is only after working hard then you can realise what the smart ways are.

What do you think?

Working hard or smart

A conscious effort to keep thinking and living.

It is hard.

Anything that’s not hard, would be termed a effortless journey. What we call a habit.

A habit can only be formed after 90 days of conscious conditioning.

So for things to become easy it must be hard at first.

Unless you are a genius. Unless you are talented.

That’s why we work hard.

However the Protestant way of work ethics is so ingrained in us and every religion and culture that we think working hard is the only way.

Godspeed with you if you think working hard is enjoyable.

Working hard is enjoyable only at the things you enjoy.

Work smart then you’d say. I have a axe to grind with people that tells me that. I worked hard all my life and only had success when I started working smart.

Working smart is not independent of working hard. The smarts and the hards must go hand in hand.

Specifically it is only after working hard then you can realise what the smart ways are.

What do you think?

Alternative way of doing a turning kick