I had a fellow send me an e-mail the other day, and he told me of a fellow who won?t let his daughter go on a date until she is a black belt in karate. Well, I have to tell you, there is more than just brilliance in this idea. No more rape, because when this girl decides to say no...she means NO!
Don?t you just love it? Little Johnny, eh, Loveherfaster takes daddy?s little girl out on a date. His hands start to wander a bit more than drunk on a foggy night, and, suddenly...bam! Daddy?s little girl uses a little kung fu to knock the sweet living bejesus snot out of our horny, little knucklehead.
Now, there is humor here, I know, but there is something else that we might take a look at. What most people don?t get is that once you get past the violence and fighting in such arts as kenpo or tae kwon do, or other martial arts, there is moral certitude. You know the difference between virtue and...non-virtue.
Oh, I know there have been people who haven?t lived up to this mnaifestation of the True Art, there have been martial arts instructors who have committed crimes, but they are just the exception. And, let?s face it, they probably weren?t studying the martial arts, they were probably just studying how to be a bully. They were scumbags, polite but still just scumbags, dressed in a martial arts uniform, and that?s all they were.
In ancient times people who taught the lessons of karate or kung fu or other arts used to screen their students to make sure no idiots could infect the art. In modern times, however, the only screening process is whether a person is willing to fork over the moolah. And, the sad truth is that most schools advertise fighting to try to sell the art.
The True Art has fighting in it, but that is not the real intent here. The True Art is actually about the realities of physics, it requires immense attention to detail, and patience, things which are not normal to the thuggish personality. And, the final result, the True Art teaches one how to perceive that actions of the world before they happen.
Oh, we?re not talking about some silly psychic stuff here, but rather the ability to observe such things as body motion, appearance, and what these factors indicate are going to happen. Once little Janey has practiced enough kung fu, and I mean the True Art, not just the fighting sport that is promoted in movies, she gains the ability to see people for what they are. She will not be fooled by a gangster in cheap clothing.
So, make your little girl get dan ranking in Karate or tae kwon do, or judo or ninjitsu, or whatever, before she goes out with little Johnny Squirtface, but make sure she learns from a school that has some steel in the cement. Make sure that the instructor is smiling and joking, and knows what he is doing, not some lantern jawed bully boy talking about the need to hit first and talk later. Make sure that there is virtue, the ability to know right from wrong, as well as good, firm martial knowledge, in the instructor who is going to help your daughter gain the ability to protect herself throughout her life. - 30300
Don?t you just love it? Little Johnny, eh, Loveherfaster takes daddy?s little girl out on a date. His hands start to wander a bit more than drunk on a foggy night, and, suddenly...bam! Daddy?s little girl uses a little kung fu to knock the sweet living bejesus snot out of our horny, little knucklehead.
Now, there is humor here, I know, but there is something else that we might take a look at. What most people don?t get is that once you get past the violence and fighting in such arts as kenpo or tae kwon do, or other martial arts, there is moral certitude. You know the difference between virtue and...non-virtue.
Oh, I know there have been people who haven?t lived up to this mnaifestation of the True Art, there have been martial arts instructors who have committed crimes, but they are just the exception. And, let?s face it, they probably weren?t studying the martial arts, they were probably just studying how to be a bully. They were scumbags, polite but still just scumbags, dressed in a martial arts uniform, and that?s all they were.
In ancient times people who taught the lessons of karate or kung fu or other arts used to screen their students to make sure no idiots could infect the art. In modern times, however, the only screening process is whether a person is willing to fork over the moolah. And, the sad truth is that most schools advertise fighting to try to sell the art.
The True Art has fighting in it, but that is not the real intent here. The True Art is actually about the realities of physics, it requires immense attention to detail, and patience, things which are not normal to the thuggish personality. And, the final result, the True Art teaches one how to perceive that actions of the world before they happen.
Oh, we?re not talking about some silly psychic stuff here, but rather the ability to observe such things as body motion, appearance, and what these factors indicate are going to happen. Once little Janey has practiced enough kung fu, and I mean the True Art, not just the fighting sport that is promoted in movies, she gains the ability to see people for what they are. She will not be fooled by a gangster in cheap clothing.
So, make your little girl get dan ranking in Karate or tae kwon do, or judo or ninjitsu, or whatever, before she goes out with little Johnny Squirtface, but make sure she learns from a school that has some steel in the cement. Make sure that the instructor is smiling and joking, and knows what he is doing, not some lantern jawed bully boy talking about the need to hit first and talk later. Make sure that there is virtue, the ability to know right from wrong, as well as good, firm martial knowledge, in the instructor who is going to help your daughter gain the ability to protect herself throughout her life. - 30300
About the Author:
Al Case has studied martial arts for forty years. You get a free ebook at Monster Martial Arts.
