What do you think the most important value is in the martial arts today?
What do you think the most important value is in the martial arts today? Do you even think, aside from perhaps teaching children, that values are included in training?
In the broken Western Culture most big corporations and certainly all governments and medical science are devoid of values.
And what the "education" system teaches is totally DEVOID of values.
Most Important Value
If I had younger children they would be home schooled. Why? Because their teaching is based on ideologies not values.
To me the most important value is to "do no harm." This is why back in the day when I operated a Dojo our slogan was a Jame Mitose quote, "In true self defense there is no body contact."
And in the Dojo that bears my name today children are first taught something not taught in 99% of Dojo's, this is the Art of Escape. The initial core teachings of Kosho Ryu are to do not harm, to escape.
Most Important Value
What stops people from wanting to learn this? There is no glory in it! Or at least they do not think there is. The highest form of any martial art is this. It is not championships or belt ranks. It is to be able to protect yourself if needed, but above all else DO NO HARM, unless there is no other choice. I do not see this anywhere in life today!
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And if you prefer the written word over pictures I also have a book on the subject called Kosho Ryu Street Strategies: The Art of Escape, No one ever wins a fight, and there is no glory in victory. I have been there.
Most Important Value
Martial Art training is not about glory. it is not about Hall of Fame dinners and the recent attempts to create heroes out of martial artists. Why do we as humans feel the need for hero worship? On FB every week there are more pictures of black tie events where these people go to kiss each other asses.
But are they training weekends? Are the "top level" martial artists try to encourage the public to train or offer free seminars and workshops to teach self defense? I was awarded on of these 13 year ago and did not attend because i felt it was a pay for play endeavor. There is NO HONOR in this. What is the most important value?
Most Important Value in Conclusion
Yes this is a rant. I do not know about you but I am sick of the virtue signally bullshit, from people with ZERO virtue.
One lady, whom I once did admire for her skills is not relegated to see how many different angle she can show her boobs off on Facebook for attention.
This is sad, pathetic and childish. I wonder what she will do when Facebook goes bankrupt, which is coming soon. Their own corruption has caught up with them. And many will receive jail sentences for their crimes.
What are the most important value of martial arts? They are many, like integrity, courtesy, self control. But the values come from TRAINING, not Halls of Fame or Trophies. They are distractions, shinny object that keep you from seeing what is really important.
Time for the arts to act their age and show some dignity. Enough said.
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