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For me it more about mastery of self

Phil

Ryu Kyu Christian Karate Federation


"Do not be dependent on others for your improvement. Pay respect to God and Buddha

but do not reley on them." Musashi

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Honestly, I just like the idea of being able to defend myself if I would ever need to. Not only that, but martial arts also provide a way of keeping in shape, plus I get training for a very very cheap price.

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I started so I would have some other activity to do other than working out because it got boring... now I workout so I can be better at MA. I like the discipline and learning new techniques... There is always something new to learn or improve.

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilites, but in the expert's there are few."

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I started because I saw many Jackie Chan movies then. I wanted to be just like him. It looked so cool and all that. Later I began to look up to Bruce Lee. I study it because its an art. All that with becoming a better fighter, is just a bonus that I dont really care about.

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Originally my parents enrolled me into a martial arts class to boost self-confidence and get som exercise ( I used to be extremely out of shape). After that I just continued it for the pleasure of it. I love sparring, being able to throw a side kick at head level without warming up, and knowing that if I got into a scrape, I'd at least get a couple of good hits in before I went down.

The greatest clarity is profound silence.

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I started because my friends encouraged me to. A student in my year is the son of my sensei and he got my friends to join. It was really fun and I carried on. It was only until I got confronted by a gang of youths who tried to mug me and assaulted me, did I really start working on getting rid of my fear and intensifing my training. In some ways I owe them as they opened my eyes. But if I ever met them again, I would beat the (S word) out of a few of them before having to leg it.

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