bill from lachine
Gold Member
Folks,
I've done a fair amount of martial arts training on and off over the years....late 70's I took courses in Shoalin Wu Shu.....or as it's called in the west Kung Fu.
We're talking about 1978 or so.....the Sifu/master was a Mr Lee....you couldn't walk in off the street and be a student....you had to be introduced by a current student to get accepted.
A gal I had met did the intros and I was accepted as a student....lots of protocol to follow...there was an alter with candles continuously burning and a picture of his master....off with the shoes when you entered the dojo and you bowed when passing the alter as a sign of respect.
You accepted the master's instructions/rules without question....but in return you were effectively adopted as a blood relative without question by the master....regardless of your ethnic background....
Any master worth his salt teaches you that the martial arts are to be treated with the utmost respect and are not to be used unless your back is against the wall and you have no other recourse....and even then.....use the minimum force required to neutralize your assailant.
Given that back in the day I was pretty wild and crazy, however, the discipline I learned from this training I'll probably carry to my grave.
1:-Walk away from confrontation unless you're in mortal danger and even then use the minimum required under the circumstances.
2:-If you befriend someone who you feel is worth of you friendship....you stick by them regardless.
I'm sure others including TH can give their views.....most of the martial arts, be they Chinese, Japanese or Korean probably have similar codes built in to their teachings.
Feel free to add your views on the topic.
Regards + HH
Bill
I've done a fair amount of martial arts training on and off over the years....late 70's I took courses in Shoalin Wu Shu.....or as it's called in the west Kung Fu.
We're talking about 1978 or so.....the Sifu/master was a Mr Lee....you couldn't walk in off the street and be a student....you had to be introduced by a current student to get accepted.
A gal I had met did the intros and I was accepted as a student....lots of protocol to follow...there was an alter with candles continuously burning and a picture of his master....off with the shoes when you entered the dojo and you bowed when passing the alter as a sign of respect.
You accepted the master's instructions/rules without question....but in return you were effectively adopted as a blood relative without question by the master....regardless of your ethnic background....
Any master worth his salt teaches you that the martial arts are to be treated with the utmost respect and are not to be used unless your back is against the wall and you have no other recourse....and even then.....use the minimum force required to neutralize your assailant.
Given that back in the day I was pretty wild and crazy, however, the discipline I learned from this training I'll probably carry to my grave.
1:-Walk away from confrontation unless you're in mortal danger and even then use the minimum required under the circumstances.
2:-If you befriend someone who you feel is worth of you friendship....you stick by them regardless.
I'm sure others including TH can give their views.....most of the martial arts, be they Chinese, Japanese or Korean probably have similar codes built in to their teachings.
Feel free to add your views on the topic.
Regards + HH
Bill
