So I was sitting on the couch talking to a friend of mine Ninja. He studies the martial arts as of right now is doin' Ninpo. So we were talking about how to truly study a martial art it has to become a way of life. And not about what belt or what trophy you have. You have to develop a relationship with the art. Essentially going on a journey of self knowledge and self discovery to become a better person and there for knowing yourself to know the world.
He asked me if I would ever do martial arts? I said yea I'd love to do Aikido. Which is the art of using your opponents energy against them. It's very much like the art of debating if you know more than the other person especially if you know yourself and how you react to situations you can then flip it use that against the person challenging you. Because it fits my own personality of how I now react to situations.
As of recent I'm beginning to feel that there is going to be some sort of change or worse some sort of further slow decline into what I don't know. I feel like I have to challenge myself in this journey of my dreams and self. I believe thats the only way I will survive what is coming. Plus, I haven't yet truly found a way to do something that will be of worth while for the next generation to use and build upon.
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I don't know about Aikido but debating rarely has anything to do with what you know, but rather how you present yourself and how others perceive you as. In fact you'll find that how people look at you will be the most important factor of your life. Look at Bill Gates, a college dropout who never invented a thing but stole ideas from others and sold his "improved" versions as his own. People see him as the founder of the computer/information age. It's all about marketing and you have to learn how to sell yourself the way that you want to be seen.
ReplyDeleteI can agree with that.
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