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Originally Posted by Tenchu
Well that makes it a little more clear. But I didnt take offense, I was just critisizing what I saw as outlandinsh stupidity. But most of what you are saying is true, I hate dick measureing too, because frankly, mine aint huge, but I dont know how we got talking about penis's anyway...
Back on martial arts. Which is a word I hate useing "martial art", when someone asks what martial arts I have done, I tell them I am not a friggin artist... They are fists or styles. "Fist" is the best word. Anyway, the bit I dont agree with though is you say it is same as a sport. It is same as a sport for most, I mean, you just doing physical stuff, right? Nothin speacial, I agree. But you can use it as a tool for more. Taosit Kung Fu focuses on energy and such, and they are rather poor athletes most the time, but their art makes them incredibly relaxed and healthy and assists as a form of meditation. So that is not like sport. The other one is, if someone gets into more of the mental strengthening side as well, such as the Samurai did. A rugby player does not idolize death, practice imortality, claim to have a heart made of solid steel. If someone is just a boxer or olympian or whatever, then yes, they are just a general athlete, but the depth and heart of martial arts stretch much further than just sport for those who choose to enter.
As for the relativity on the street. I think fat and lazy people are pathetic, but knowing how to fight does not make you directly better than other people. However, the man with the biggest gun is holding all the cards. You cant deny that.
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OK... It seems we have gotten over this misunderstanding for the most part.
When I claimed martial arts is like sport, well I suppose I was talking from within a modern, Western context. So yeah... I concede that perhaps in places in Japan, China, Thailand etc in which many of these martial arts originated and have a strong tradition, it is not inconcievable that these martial ways are perhaps more relevant in relation to the overall culture.
Would you agree?