Karate Training and Dirty Fighting Tricks, and How Society Changed

By Al Case

I remember hearing about dirty fighting tricks when I was a child. These were the down and dirty tactics that people of brute intelligence used, and usually consisted of such things as kicks to the groin, fingers in the eye, rabbit punches, and that sort of thing. Oddly, I never considered such things as dirty fighting when I learned them as part of my Karate training.

People were different back then. Education actually worked, you see, and people who engaged in mob tactics were considered low lifes. When a fight did occur, it was conducted under rules, no fouls allowed, and may the better man win. There was no trash talking, and fighters ended up shaking hands when everything was over.

Well, the world changed, and the martial arts arrived on the scene, and this is sometimes good and sometimes bad. After all, people are still people, education hasn't improved (has only gotten worse) and morals don't seem to be a noticeable force in the conduct of society. Oddly, the bright spot on all of this is in that which was once compared to dirty fighting...the study of the martial arts.

When one undergoes a study of a martial art, and I am speaking of arts such as karate, kung fu, kenpo, and so on, they begin by tempering their body. Night after night they sweat on the mat, and in the sweating, along with body impurities, mental incorrectness seems to go out. Thus, the physical change becomes a mental change, and in this is a rebirth of morality.

Imagine, learning how to kick some guy in the apples causes spiritual rejuvenation. But it's true! As the mind changes, the spirit is changed.

The attitude towards life changes the effects of drugs. Whether one has taken directly, or is just influenced by people that take drugs, the effects are canceled. People who study the martial arts are smarter when they choose their friends.

Further, the effects of poor education are undone. When a fellow has faced somebody in the dojo and had to discern how truthful he is under combat, he learns something about seeing the truth. This can actually be applied to what you studied in school.

In closing, the effects of Karate training are vast, but the important effects are far beyond simple street fight tricks. Yes, you 'fight dirty,' but you also change for the better. There is a whole world to be seen through martial arts like karate, or taekwondo or krav maga, or whatever, and that is why people flock to those arts and study them diligently.

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