Succinctly and beautifully written, Richard, thank you.
On Sunday, June 1, 2014 12:52 PM, "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com
[FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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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