WHAT IS SELF-SELF-DEFENSE?

By: Mr. Smith 

The true Martial Arts way is "self-self defense" which means stop beating yourself up from past mistakes, pain, suffering, failures, ptsd, childhood trauma, divorce, grief, broken relationships and live the life of your dreams by knowing that our thinking of our self is the greatest gift of all.   It’s difficult to stay positive in a high competitive environment, but the only way to adapt is to create your martial arts training to be harder than life.  

Loving and accepting yourself then and only then can we project that self love onto others.  The problem is we are a capitalist society where citizens think money, things, prestige, fame, wants and victory over others like in a cage-fight is most important; this is the wrong way to live and act.  We need to teach our students, kids, Kata/Form because while we do want them to survive a life or death fight, LIFE will hit harder than any punch or kick, but to conquer a man or woman is wrong, to conquer your mind is the only way.  Form is the mental side of martial arts.  

We change our thinking that the enemy is not in front of me, but the enemy IS ME.  My thinking is the enemy.  Practicing kata/form you never conquer it, but we fight through the kicks and stances, punches and blocks, breathing and kiyapping, balance and will, hyper awareness can iron out the wrinkles of your life.  As we age we begin to realize all the friends that came and went, bad business relationships, even physical confrontation could have been avoided if we handled it better emotionally.  

 If the well that feeds the river is dirty, then all that flows from it will be unclean but if the well starts clean the river will be clean.  The “well” is our mind and the “water” is our life.  The hatred we have for others is the same hatred we have for ourself, we reflect what we feel.  Martial arts helps you feel better, not bitter, a victor not a victim.

Accept what was, what is, and what will be, and above it all, have faith….go beyond the win, go within…