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What does a black belt represent?

Sport Karate — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:57:27 GMT

Give us your opinion. What does it mean to you?

martial arts and religion

harvester — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:42:05 GMT

when i got into thi chi it opend my eyes to the other half of martial arts the spiritual area and i really got into the history of eastersn thearys and practice. i beig a christian myself look at the eastern religions not as a realigion necesarly but as really good information to consider.

i like how the eastern religions as i understood the were open ended alowing insert for your own idieas as to what certan things were and ment.

after reading about it a while in the books i realized thet they interconnected their art and religion i like that as htey are both dicaplins

also the chi or ki aspect of it is vitaly indasposable as a martial artist i belive especaly if you consider your art to be kung fu

More fighting quotes

Scott — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:59:05 GMT

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - General George Washington

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He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened. -Tao Te Ching

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"Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied." --Alexander the Great's Chief Physican

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"Fear is the true opiate of combat."

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"To a real warrior, power percieved may be power achieved."

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"Given enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both....and surpass the result." --Tien T'ai

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Act like a man of thought - Think like a man of action - Thomas Mann

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"It is a brave act of valor to condemn death, but where life is more terrible than death it is then the truest valor to dare to live." - Sir Thomas Brown

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Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. -- Buddha .

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"Vive la mort, vive la guerre, vive le sacre mercenaire" ("Long live death, long live war, long live the cursed mercenary") -- Mercenary marching cadence and toast.

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One mind, any weapon - Hunter B. Armstrong

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Civilize the mind but make savage the body - Chairman Mao

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Unless you do your best, the day will come when, tired and hungry, you will halt just short of the goal you were ordered to reach, and by halting you will make useless the efforts and deaths of thousands - Gen. George S. Patton

The Gateway To Life !

Sha Poe Ryu — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:22:54 GMT

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The gateway to life is to embrace those around you and enjoy their presence even when solitude is your desire.

The gateway to life is not the fear or embrace of death "but" knowing that by living life as God intended you will triumph over the grave.

The gateway to life is not the mothers whom or the here after "but" the path we walk that reflects our life and our integrity with others.

The gateway to life is a narrow path for those who would do little and a wide path for those who would do much, chose your path and do good for the path both small and wide end at the same place.

The gateway to life is not what we obtain or what we see, hear or feel "but" how we live and how we are with others.

Favorite Quotes

Prince Loeffler — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:54:21 GMT

"A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve.
It should not be used indiscrimately."
~ Master Chotoku Kyan ( Teacher of Shoshin Nagamine)

The Cookie Thief

Scott — Tue, 02 May 2006 10:01:47 GMT

This may not be martial arts related or deep philosophy....but thought it fits in this forum since there is humorous great message in it.

A woman was waiting at an airport one night,
With several long hours before her flight.
She hunted for a book in the airport shops.
Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.

She was engrossed in her book but happened to see,
That the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be.
Grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between,
Which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.

So she munched the cookies and watched the clock,
As the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.
She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by,
Thinking, "If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye."

With each cookie she took, he took one too,
When only one was left, she wondered what he would do.
With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh,
He took the last cookie and broke it in half.

He offered her half, as he ate the other,
She snatched it from him and thought... oooh, brother.
This guy has some nerve and he's also rude,
Why he didn't even show any gratitude!

She had never known when she had been so galled,
And sighed with relief when her flight was called.
She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate,
Refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.

She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat,
Then she sought her book, which was almost complete.
As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise,
There was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.

If mine are here, she moaned in despair,
The others were his, and he tried to share.
Too late to apologize, she realized with grief,
That she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.

The Cookie Thief
by Valerie Cox