MARTIAL ARTS, A WAY OF LIFE
When I was a little girl I was fascinated of martial arts. I didn’t know at that time they were called martial arts, but I enjoyed watching. And when I grew up, I understood it couldn’t be other way. I’m sure every kid loves Bruce Lee and I’m sure every one of us has seen at least one movie with him.
Beyond the beauty of this sport, the styles and techniques that makes it so special, martial arts is about spirit.
It’s more then a sport, it’s an art. It’s all about using your mind over your body.
Do you think it’s easy to do that? No, not at all. Techniques are the easy part. The tough one is to exercise your mind, in various way of meditation. It takes a lot of mental training, a lot of concentrating thoughts to get your energies at that level so they can work in symbiosis with your body.
Also, there is a practical part of this sport. Of course, practicing martial arts it’s getting you many benefits: physical and mental: better shape, flexibility, control over your body, spiritual grow. Some of us are interested in using martial arts as a technique of self-defense.
It’s a good way of learning to defend oneself from an attack. Self-defense classes are for everyone, it doesn’t matter the
Size or strength. Everyone can be in an unpleasant situation. If you can’t rely on your size, it’s smarter to rely on your brains. That’s why they say it’s a sport of mind, first of all. And I couldn’t agree more.
Many people think of self-defense as a way of fight back, kicking and hitting. Actually, self-defense means something different. It means doing everything you can, everything necessary not to get hurt, without getting into a fight. In fact, if you choose to fight back, you take a risk, of being brutally injured. So, again, use your brains, and control you fear. It seems to be the most important lesson. Sells-defense means also to discover your weaknesses, to be aware of their existence and to learn how to protect them. You have to find your attacker’s weaknesses and use them. You can achieve that with discipline and intuition.
Learning how to deal with a potential aggressor is not the only thing you learn. Once you took self-defense classes, your life it’s going to be different. Many changes may occur. You will see the benefits of classes in life, every day. The most important thing about lessons is that they can apply in your life, each day. You learnt how to become confident in your power, and use your self-confident in your work, in your relations, in every think you do.
It’s a complex subject, I’m not trying to describe all of the styles and techniques used in martial art, but I’m trying to emphasize that our life can be healthier and we can be stronger, by the power of mind.
So I say, you don’t have to train yourself for years to see the advantages of practicing martial arts; it’s all about the pleasure of doing it. Once you started, can become a way of life, a better one. It’s a possibility of using all your energies in a constructive, positive way, a chance of getting a good shape, physical and mental.
Go for it!
