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Fighting the Good Fight There is a strong dark cloud drifting over the martial arts world. It is our responsibilities as leaders to try and enlighten and direct martial arts students as well as the general public away from the negativity of this dark presence. Some where over time many have lost qualities of honor, loyalty, humbleness, wisdom, righteousness.... Now there is far too much back stabbing, undermining, power struggles. The dark force of negativity is raising it's ugly head and infecting the masses. How is this happening one may wonder. 1) Teachers / Instructors do not spend enough time teaching the importance of these qualities. There should be regular discussions on these topics whether it be in the form of story telling or lectures. There should be given samples and analogies to enhance the students awareness of negative thinking, so they may develop a defense before it gets a hold of them. 2) Leaders /
Instructors who have managed to put themselves in a place of
authority before developing themselves mentally,
emotionally, philosophically and spiritually. Some of these
people are unbalanced by uncontrolled ego and pride. What I
refer to by unbalanced is: all of our emotions should be
counterbalanced. Every emotion has an opposite to
counterbalance our oneself. When one is over developed in
ego and pride it will change there Being. Sort of like being
possessed by a negative energy. This negative energy will
direct the person to justify any negative actions, by being
the faults of everyone else. For they are the true GOD of
martial arts and every one else should just be privileged to
be in their presence. It is people like this that also get
power from directing the sheep and followers. They need the
power of the peoples belief more than the people need them,
and will undermine anyone else at any cost to maintain
followers. The good fight has to do with the mental and spiritual defense. Our foes or aggressors are those who only wish to gain control and power. There weapons are deceit, manipulation, divide and conquer strategies. They may pretend to be a loyal student, a partner or friend, all the while they are looking for an opportunity. They are the lowest of low and only care about themselves. They are very very sneaky and ! usually don't show their cards until they have everything they can get from you. These people are our enemies, our aggressors, and we might not even know who they are yet. Now, this is fighting
the good fight. This is why it is so important to try and
teach and prepare our students. The dark side is always
there waiting to pick up one of our students. What I mean
is; the dark side is a negative emotion, there is often a
demon waiting to direct and manipulate a negative emotion.
Once someone is controlled by negativity everything we do or
say can be easily used against us. At this point we can not
fight, as anything we do will just serve the negativity. We
have to wait with open arms in hopes that our students will
find balance before it's too late. I think I have stressed
the importance of educating our students beyond mere
physical techniques and strategies. We have to stop and look
within ourselves every so often as well. cc; 2005 |
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