I remember hearing about dirty fighting tricks when I was growing up. These were the down and dirty tactics that people of low morals used, and usually consisted of such things as kicks to the groin, fingers in the eye, rabbit punches, and so on. Oddly, I never considered such things as dishonorable when I learned them as part of my Karate training.
People were different in those days. Education actually worked, you see, and people who engaged in mob tactics were considered pretty low. When a fight did occur, it was conducted under rules, with no fouls, and may the better man win. There was no trash talking, and opponents ended up shaking hands when all was done.
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, aikido, jujitsu, and so on, they begin by tempering their body. Night after night they sweat in the dojo, and in the perspiring, along with body impurities, mental incorrectness seems to go out. Thus, changing the physical changes the mind, and in this is a rebirth of morality.
Imagine, learning how to kick some guy in the peaches causes spiritual rejuvenation. But it's a true fact! As the mind changes, the spirit undergoes metamorphosis.
The new attitude towards life begins to undo the effects of drugs. Whether one has taken directly, or is just influenced by people he knows who have taken drugs, the effects are canceled. People who study the martial arts are smarter when they make friends.
Further, the effects of a less than adequate education are undone. When a fellow has faced an opponent on the mat and had to discern how truthful he is under combat, he learns something about seeing the truth. This can actually be applied to the educational lessons you learn.
In summation, the effects of Karate training are increidble, but the important effects are far beyond simple street fighting tricks. Yes, you learn to 'fight dirty,' but you also change for the better. There is a whole world to be seen through martial arts like karate, or Tai Chi Chuan or Hsing I, or whatever, and that is why people flock to those arts and study them diligently.
People were different in those days. Education actually worked, you see, and people who engaged in mob tactics were considered pretty low. When a fight did occur, it was conducted under rules, with no fouls, and may the better man win. There was no trash talking, and opponents ended up shaking hands when all was done.
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, aikido, jujitsu, and so on, they begin by tempering their body. Night after night they sweat in the dojo, and in the perspiring, along with body impurities, mental incorrectness seems to go out. Thus, changing the physical changes the mind, and in this is a rebirth of morality.
Imagine, learning how to kick some guy in the peaches causes spiritual rejuvenation. But it's a true fact! As the mind changes, the spirit undergoes metamorphosis.
The new attitude towards life begins to undo the effects of drugs. Whether one has taken directly, or is just influenced by people he knows who have taken drugs, the effects are canceled. People who study the martial arts are smarter when they make friends.
Further, the effects of a less than adequate education are undone. When a fellow has faced an opponent on the mat and had to discern how truthful he is under combat, he learns something about seeing the truth. This can actually be applied to the educational lessons you learn.
In summation, the effects of Karate training are increidble, but the important effects are far beyond simple street fighting tricks. Yes, you learn to 'fight dirty,' but you also change for the better. There is a whole world to be seen through martial arts like karate, or Tai Chi Chuan or Hsing I, or whatever, and that is why people flock to those arts and study them diligently.
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