What is a Martial Artist? How to Hide in Plain Sight
What is a Martial Artist? How to Hide in Plain Sight. The mystery that once surrounded martial art study is gone. So this does bring up the question What is a Martial Artist?
Now this is an opinion peace. You may or may not agree with me on this. And that is cool!
What is a Martial Artist?
First lets take a look at the term "artist." And yes the meaning of words do matter.
In today's insane world words meanings are changed to suit a narrative. That is wrong. I do not and will never accept this.
Artist Definition: A person who creates art (such as painting, sculpture, music, or writing) using conscious skill and creative imagination. And this is "expression."
What makes as an example Karate an art? The Kata! That is the art form in the martial arts. This is why I say things like MMA and sport fighting are not really martial arts, they are martial sport. Would you consider boxing to be an art form?
Today millions of people have at some point in their lives taken the martial arts and quit. Are those who have stopped still martial artists?
What is a Martial Artist - Hide in Plain Sight
Now that the world has seen the martial arts, and what it has to offer. Therefore it is time to hide in plain sight. Over the last year I have been working to train and hide my skills so that Uke does not see what is about to happen to him. Cloaking what I am doing.
This involves understanding the attacker much more, and especially understanding what his plane of vision is. When you cloak your movement, rather then show it off before hand you take the advantage back. This is much like the ways of old in the arts when no one really had a clue what you were doing. The masters of old "hid" their movements.
What is a Martial Artist?
But today through social media and especially video we show off everything we know. And this is very much like playing POKER with all the cards on the table. What is a martial artists? I am hoping it is someone who has learned the art of silence. Thereby keeping training to themselves. And cloaking their attacks and responses to attack.
And when I was training and learning with my first teacher we were told to keep silent about our training. That it was something personal and not public. We had no school jackets or T-shirts. And we would never under any circumstance walk around in public with a Gi on. Today that is commonplace.
Old Man in the Mountains
I am now almost 40 years on my own martial art path, I am an old man. I have no interest in people knowing what I do for a living unless they are looking to learn. Also I would never consider giving up my advantage on the streets. This is done by being underestimated by any would-be trouble maker.
Most of all I am too old to stand and fight. And it would be stupid to do so. I train in an "old mans art" as some people would call it. But the arts are supposed to be timeless. You get better with age and size should not matter. But when you put all the cards on the table you give you any advantage you may have had.
What is a Martial Artist in Conclusion
This article What is a Martial Artist is really only a reflection of my thoughts on the arts and training. At one time when I was younger I thought differently.
To me training is a deeply personal experience. And the only person I have to be better then is the me from the day before.
Something to consider as age comes for us all. What is a martial artist? Are you one?
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