On 6/1/2014 9:49 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
For those of you who never studied martial arts, a white belt is the
rank you are given as a beginner.
>
A white belt is the belt you get when you buy a karate uniform. The
first class I attended was when my parents were stationed in Japan in
1959 in the USAF. What is important in martial arts isn't the clothing
you wear or your rank at a dojo - what is important is self control
which /begins in the mind/. An effective self defense is greatly a
function of our awareness of the surroundings in the outside world; our
ability to control the content of our mind under stress; and our ability
to remove ourselves as a "target" by our behavior and mindset. Most
instructors only give lip service to mental preparation such as
meditation and spend more time discussing physical tactics. Self defense
is as much mental as physical.
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