So You Wanna Learn to Beat Up All Them Bullies!
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009That is probably the number one reason most people get into the martial arts. Everybody has had that bully in their background. Everybody would like to feel bigger, stronger, free from the threat of violence.
Now, to be truthful, if you just want to fight, I recommend going to a boxing club for a few months. You'll get in shape, you'll learn what it feels like to get hit, and you'll learn how to hit back.
If you think there is something more to life than fighting, however, then you must look to the martial arts. You must believe that life isn't just a struggle of survival for the fittest, but that there is a point to it all. You must believe in yourself, and you must believe that you can actually ascend to higher levels of awareness as a human being.
First you must build a structure for containing the knowledge in the martial arts. This is why you do forms; this is something that boxing does not have. This is the mechanism which will elevate you.
Second, you must achieve discipline in your life. I don't mean the discipline where you get a belt on the bottom as punishment for doing wrong. I mean the discipline of doing something every day for the simple reason that you love doing it.
Third, you must study a system that has logic. The reason for this is one of expedience. You don't want to spend decades sorting through the bushwah. You want to get there while you are still young.
Fourth, you must not stop. Drill those basics patiently, open your eyes and look. You must not just work out, you must invest awareness into your art.
The fact of art, you see, is a manifestation of your true worth as a human spirit. It is your awareness filtered through the layers of your logic and shining like a light bulb for all to see. Life can truly be a paradaisical experience, you know, but only if you learn how to isolate the art within your soul and turn it on bright and loud.
Al Case has been kicking the bushwah out of bullies for 40 years. You can learn how he does it, and get yourself a free ebook, at Monster Martial Arts.
