- Richard Grannon wrote:
- a seeming dichotomy: the very rugged to the very refined
the answer lies somewhere in between, or at the extremes of both... man, this is some transcendental shizz right here
Dont Think
Get Stuck In
might be my motto for 2010!
tell me about it. i've heard that one profound truth has another equal and opposite other--kahlil gabrain would say
ride the extreme knowing of it's opposite cognigently. siddartha would say avoid the extremes knowing of their
intoxicating and jading lure away from balance.
sometimes it seems that the road is best traveled from rugby to refining. martial arts seem almost better when
explored as one gains the time to become philosophical and add depth and enjoyment to his skills in pugilism.
with the first hand knowledge that kind of person must see what is sound and what is ego folly. the other way
around can lend to jaded bad experiences and beat downs that come at the beginning of any path to fighting, but
must smart more with the expectation of being some sort of gentleman's expert on the subject.
the guys i've known who've felt the best about their progression down both roads--as all must eventually go who
don't leave it, have started mildly thuggish only to dabble in a hobbie'ish past time that suited their interests. an
ex marine friend of mine sort of ended up in a competitive sporty dojo--from being sort of surly to begin with.
he enjoyed all of his travels--metaphorically speaking. he sort of understood that if he wanted to land a face level
spin kick or whatever--it was in prime conditions where he was sort of playing with his food, enjoying the journey,
testing, or offering a mind fook. he--if i may assume, knew when it was time to just grab a sweater and land a
sloppy and heavy hand. but what happens to a person like that after climbing the ranks...does he/she favor certain
aspects of the dance that is angularly perfect precision, or does he/she split a class and say--this is history and this
is our fighting class. i had a TKD teacher who sort of did this for this reason but he split it to favor a knowledge of
sports fighting rather than self defense--sort of 'here's our wonderful art, now stop it because this weekend we
needs points and trophies so we'll go to open tournaments [slackers for form] and just play our wicked little game
of violent tag...voila, some techniques will follow".
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