How do you feel when you find out you have been doing something you believe was "right and correct" only to discover it is "wrong?" How you handle such an event will speak to you, or not.
Sometimes I find I am doing something wrong and it speaks to me then sometimes it does not and it can become a matter of my inability to accept that it disrupts my story so I resist.
I can truthfully say that although I might resist eventually I come around to the correct thinking. Example: I was dating this young woman and when the topic of marriage came up I said, "I will never ever get married again." She simply asked, "why?"
This stopped me in my tracks and I just looked like a dumb ass cause I could not answer. I took that thought with me for a while and realized I had no decent answer other than I had a bad marriage before and the divorce was a real bummer. I gave it more thought and now have been married for fourteen years.
I am finding some extensive flaws in my FA/MA practice. Nothing that changes what I practice but changes the perspective I take in that practice. I no longer say that I teach self defense. I will say that I have recommendations and then point them to where they can get some knowledge and then tell them they can then find someone who can fill the bill, maybe. After all there are very few out there who can teach real self defense and not this bogus stuff I use to teach long ago.
This is just an example and there is more I am realizing. I just thank the powers to be that I am at least acknowledging my short comings in this life and hope that I can continue to admit that my story may be in need of adjustment.
Life does throw some cures don't ya think? Hey, I am thinking of not calling what I practice a FA/MA except that the source it comes from fills that bill. Do I teach how to fight, nope. Do I teach a fighting/martial way, maybe but with a lot of caveats. Maybe I am making it way to complicated!
My personal "Interpretive" Lens!
"One thing has always been true: That book ... or ... that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend." - Louis L'Amour
"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider..." - Francis Bacon
"What is true today may be reevaluated as false not long after. Judgements are frequently based upon a set of "temporary" circumstances surrounding them. Conflicting ideologies can exist simultaneously. Antagonistic dualities are complementary aspects of a unified whole: are seen as mutually dependent mirror images of each other." - Nahum Stiskin
Warning, Caveat and Note: The postings on this blog are my interpretation of readings, studies and experiences therefore errors and omissions are mine and mine alone. The content surrounding the extracts of books, see bibliography on this blog site, are also mine and mine alone therefore errors and omissions are also mine and mine alone and therefore why I highly recommended one read, study, research and fact find the material for clarity. My effort here is self-clarity toward a fuller understanding of the subject matter. See the bibliography for information on the books.
Note: I will endevor to provide a bibliography and italicize any direct quotes from the materials I use for this blog. If there are mistakes, errors, and/or omissions, I take full responsibility for them as they are mine and mine alone. If you find any mistakes, errors, and/or omissions please comment and let me know along with the correct information and/or sources.
Kenpo Gokui
A person's heart is the same as Heaven and Earth while the blood circulating is similar to the Sun and Moon yet the manner of drinking and spitting is either soft or hard while a person's unbalance is the same as a weight and the body should be able to change direction at any time as the time to strike is when the opportunity presents itself and both the eyes must see all sides as the ears must listen in all directions while the mind must grasp all the tactile, olfactory and gustation data not seen on all sides and not heard in any direction
All Bottles are Truly Good
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