Pacificshore Posted March 29, 2004 Posted March 29, 2004 All seems pretty normal as everyone has said. Wait til the fighting dreams come where your fighting like crazy, and the bad guy/gal is still standing You'll get over that too Di'DaDeeeee!!!Mind of Mencia
tsukimaster Posted March 29, 2004 Posted March 29, 2004 A great article for practitioners at any rank............. Anybody who actually wants to be a Black Belt must surely not understand what it means to be one. It is a cause, a cross to bear, a responsibility, and an obligation. It is a banner that advertises that the wearer is committed to serving the needs of others. It is an invitation to deny one's own needs and step outside the self. It is a moral straight jacket that takes away our nonchalance and casts us in the role of teacher, protector, guide, and role model. It asks us to guard every word, and every action so that we do not betray its' noble purpose. Take up the belt and one must take up all it represents. Reject it and one must relegate ones' self to the pitiful condition of those who gape in horror at the atrocities of society but do nothing. Taking up the belt means never again being a casual observer when an intolerable situation exists. It means never again being silent when wrong is committed or people are being oppressed. When you put on the belt you cannot take it off again and just be who you want to be when it is convenient. You must wear it every hour of every day for the rest of your life, and you must be who the belt demands that you must be. From the day you put it on nothing but truth must ever come from your lips, and nothing but honor and dignity must ever be manifest by your presence. From that day forward you must never dishonor another, and cannot shrink from your obligation to assist others in need. Unless a person has a back and legs strong enough to carry this burden they should not pick up the belt, but if you do pick up the belt do so with the knowledge that it will lead you to places where others cannot go and you will see vistas reserved for the few, and life will be an experience well above the ordinary. Earl J. Tharp March 8, 1999 Shidoshi
White Warlock Posted March 30, 2004 Posted March 30, 2004 More like a great pipe dream. Wouldn't it be nice if this were so... "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro
John G Posted March 30, 2004 Posted March 30, 2004 That it would White Warlock. John G Jarrett III Dan, ITF Taekwon-Do
Drunken Monkey Posted March 30, 2004 Posted March 30, 2004 and there i thought helping others was something to do with conscience, honour and morality... post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
Reklats Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 Just remember: Over confidence killed the cat... or something like that.
ramymensa Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 It was the curiosity, but it's OK this way too. World Shotokan Karate
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