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Rotten Head Fok
Green Belt
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 380
Styles: Choy-Li-Fut, Tai Chi Chuan
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Thank you for posting your article, I always enjoy someones opinion other than my own,( but not always). When I first got envolved with MA's , Bruce Lee was my first motivater. When I inrolled in my first school I wanted to become a teacher and didn't give any thoughts about socializing. Now a-days I train alone because it's very personal to me, a relashionship that I try to nourish through self-disciplined training. At this stage in my life the only people I would care to share this with would be other martial artist with the same seriousness.
Good article, thanks again!
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markusan
Orange Belt
Joined: 26 May 2004
Posts: 223
Styles: TKD
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| I think we are just a big bundle of insecurities and MA helps relieve us of some of those, especially at the start. Then there's my theory that humans, especially men, but women too, have evolved to fight. We're the toughest meanest species on the planet after all. Living in communities has put a lid on that but the internal pressure's still there. The Martial arts let us exercise those primal urges in a socially acceptable way. I think a lot of the other reasons, self defence, fitness, confidence are symptoms of that, not the real reason we do it. |
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White Warlock
Black Belt
Joined: 14 Feb 2004
Posts: 2662
Styles: See my Intro
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| We're the toughest meanest species on the planet after all. |
Whoa! Let's not get carried away here. Take away our technology and opposable thumb, and we're actually some of the wimpiest pack animals around.
Evolution gave us a bipedal stance so that we can see farther down the horizon, and above tall grasses. This is a defensive characteristic, not an offensive one.
Evolution gave us the ability to climb. Again, another defensive characteristic.
I could go on, but you get my point. 
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aefibird
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2003
Posts: 4416
Location: UK
Styles: Past and present: 2 styles of Karate, TKD, Aikido, Wing Chun, some Tai Chi
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| We're the toughest meanest species on the planet after all. |
I think I'd rather face an angry human than an angry bear or lion, though...
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markusan
Orange Belt
Joined: 26 May 2004
Posts: 223
Styles: TKD
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:14 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe I expressed it wrongly, as a species we are the most successful killers on the planet. The brain, opposable thumb, the weapons, the ability to store knowledge externally and add to it, are all part of the deal, as much a part of our evolution as a lion's claws. From where I sit the bears and the lions aren't doing all that well, unfortunately. |
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Kamiya
Yellow Belt
Joined: 09 Jul 2004
Posts: 76
Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA
Styles: Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu (Okinawan karate)
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Interesting theory, not sure if I completely agree. I agree with whoever it was before (too lazy to go back and look, sorry!) that pointed out there are many other ways to achieve social interaction outside the martial arts. I think there must something more to the martial arts that makes people choose them specifically.
I have numerous reasons for studying karate, and social interaction isn't really one of them. I think one of my biggest reasons is that I just find it so neat to learn an art form that's been passed down for many generations. I think the martial arts are beautiful and I want to do my part to help perpetuate them. ^_^
Of course, I also really need the exercise, plus I've seen so many martial art moves in the movies or on TV that just look SO DANG COOL I HAVE TO LEARN THEM!!! 
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soul fighter
Orange Belt
Joined: 21 Feb 2004
Posts: 107
Styles: Japanese Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling
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What I have noticed is that my reason to train has completely changed
Now, that I've started to attract girls, I'm just looking for a girl who's interested in more than my skill or my build
Now, my reason to train is for me to be able to fight in a professional organization
Whether it be K-1, UFC, PRIDE, or Shooto
I want to be well known for what I do 
 
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Luckykboxer
Brown Belt
Joined: 05 Jun 2004
Posts: 638
Styles: Kenpo Karate, Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, Boxing
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| We're the toughest meanest species on the planet after all. |
I just know one day the last human will die and a cockroach is going to walk over his head :/
dang cockroaches :/ |
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Muay_Thai
White Belt
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
Posts: 4
Styles: Muay_Thai and Aikido
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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awsome post that is exactaly why i joined because i felt that i wanted to do somehting in my life and make it a art
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longarm25
Blue Belt
Joined: 26 Sep 2004
Posts: 304
Location: Ohio
Styles: Shorin Ryu, Ryu Kyu Te
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| Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Very nice article
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on the post.
