hagakure

*Disclaimer: This is my personal philosophy about martial arts. It may not make any sense to you AT ALL. If I sound like a moron, you probably don't understand and it makes no sense to you. It makes sense to me, and I thought I 'd share it just incase it made any sense to anyone else.* I couldn't agree with this statement more. Here's my two cents (my philosophical look, if you will). Generally speaking (I'm talking giant macroscopic view), the martial arts are meant to complement how one expresses himself or herself with his or her body. Techniques (in general) are meant to be natural movements and logical extensions of your energy. Some techniques through training are ingrained so thoroughly in one's being that they become natural movements and extensions of your energy; when you were a baby, walking was not a natural movement until you trained (actually, until you were trained by your parents) so that it became a part of you and your life. This is why I agree with taezee when he says "INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT...thus it is the man who makes his art and not vice versa..." What you personally achieve in your training is what makes the art natural to you and your energy and what makes it yours. The art does not make you. TKD or Karate...either one all depends on how you train and how natural it is or becomes to you. It depends on whether or not either one complements how you express yourself with your body and if it is a logical extension of your energy. It's a decision no one can make but you by dipping your toe in the waters and seeing how it feels. My fuzzy, nebulous, *...*ahem* I mean, two cents.

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