Should we supplement our physical training with fine arts?

[SaiFightsMS]

Most of the old masters wrote poetry, did calligraphy, painted. Do you think we would become more well rounded if we too cultivated a fine art?

 

 

[dreamer38f]

The martial arts includes mind training...why couldn't it be poetry or writing or painting. The creative side of the mind is partially what allows us to develop our bodies, or how else would we come up with these new and inventive excercises?

 

remember the old saying...use it or lose it...well we must excercise the mind and the body.

[SaiFightsMS]

You know they were also much more intune to their cultural heritage than we are. Do you think that is more a factor of the whole culture being more aware?

 

We sure don't have much culture awareness now. Do you think that is more a factor of too much tv or the melting pot into which much culture of origin was lost?

 

 

[Aikidoka]

Culture is no less present now than ever. Culture is something that all people learn during the process of socialisation. The reason that people seem less culture aware is because our cultures are far less distinct than a hundred years ago. Entire populations are no longer isolated enough to have a set of ethics and norms distinctly different from other populations. So our modern culture could now be divided not into national cultures but into continental cultures, and perhaps eventually all culture will merge seamlessly.

 

 

[Tobias_Reece]

Hey, looks like AikidoKa has been studying some sociology, just like me!!!!

 

But in seriousness.....I do write poetry (but doesn't everyone). I think it does help my training, and it makes me a better person (somehow)

 

C ya

 

 

[Prodigy-Child]

if u want to do some sort of art along with your martial arts go ahead

 

i see my martial arts training as a fine art so i dont think i need to take up painting or something

 

but whatever floats your boat ya know