"Attitude"

Defined: "a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways"

The "attitude" of a practitioner can mean the difference between learning or just fighting. Attitude means more than that.

Taking an attitude in:

- keeping an open mind for every lesson of life.
- practicing with heart and honesty.
- taking a deeper view of life's lessons.

To have proper attitude takes a good deal of discipline. Attitude is the doorway to life's education and our singular practice of the "Way" provides us the vehicle to follow that road. Proper attitude constitutes:

1. Modesty in all things.
2. Truth and justice in honest practice.
3. Depth of life.

Our mind leads our bodies and spirit so we shall practice to control the mind so the body will follow. The mind shall be:

1. thankful and appreciative.
2. reflective and contemplative.
3. modest and moral.
4. indebtedness and obligation.
5. adaptive and willing.
6. open and receptive.
7. devoted and helpful.
8. dedicated and continuous.
9. diligent and humble.
10. calm and serene.
11. vital and energetic.
12. kind and considerate.

The balance between the mental, the physical and the spiritual is extremely important in making the person a quality person. One of right attitude; one of right beliefs, right feelings, right values, and right disposition. We can become properly balanced through the practice of the fighting arts with proper attitude!