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JiuJitsuNation
Green Belt
Joined: 09 May 2010
Posts: 447
Location: ominpresent
Styles: BJJ Judo
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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I'm all about taking responsibility for ones self. I don't look to anyone else to protect me or mine. The way I see it is if I can't do it myself I don't deserve it. If you catch me slipping, thats my fault. I don't expect anyone to take care of me but me and when I am too old or sick to do it... well, this is the natural order of things my friends. To me life is simpler when you take responsibility for your own existence. _________________ www.1jiujitsunation.com
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30167
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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ninjanurse
KF VIP
Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Posts: 6154
Location: Upstate NY
Styles: TKD;Shotokan;JuJitsu;Tai Ji
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:39 am Post subject: |
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JiuJitsuNation wrote: |
To me life is simpler when you take responsibility for your own existence.
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Well put!
_________________ "A Black Belt is only the beginning."
Heidi-A student of the arts
Tae Kwon Do,Shotokan,Ju Jitsu,Modern Arnis
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Jeffrey
Purple Belt
Joined: 14 Jan 2010
Posts: 576
Location: Alberta
Styles: Wado Kai
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:25 am Post subject: Re: To Fight with Honor... |
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sensei8 wrote: |
bushido_man96 wrote: |
What does this ideal mean to you, in sport fighitng, and in self-defense? |
In sport fighting, honor means everything; bushido.
In self-defense, honor means nothing to me; survive.
Webster dictionary defines HONOR as...
1. honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
That's not how my attacker attacked me. I must meet distainment with distainment. My attacker only wanted to distroy me and/or my loved ones, therefore, I don't have the luxury or the time to worry about honor.
"He who hesitates, meditates horizontal"~ Ed Parker
I don't hit; because it's honest! I don't hit; because it's fair! I don't hit; because it's in line with my integrity! No! I hit because I must!! I will hit anyway I can because my life and/or my loved ones life is in danger. Allow me to me frank and honest; I'll do whatever I deem proper at that exact moment because I want to and because I have to and because I must!
Can I display honor, and/or can I be honorable while I'm engaged in a self-defense situation? Yes I can! But, I'm not thinking about me being honor at that time. No. I'm only consumed at that very moment with one thing; my and/or my loved ones survival. Honor is important, but, only in the moment of the context as well as the content.
I'll let honor take care of itself while I take care of business!
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Agreed, well said! |
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medomeda
White Belt
Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 3
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30167
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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shorin4life
White Belt
Joined: 10 Jun 2010
Posts: 13
Location: Fort lauderdale, florida
Styles: shorin ryu (currently 2nd kyu), kokusai jujitsu, shotokan
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:36 am Post subject: |
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awesome answer sensei8 ol^.^lo |
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