SaiFightsMS Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Bet it will stick with you too KSN Doug. Do you think it is better to have specific role models or inspirations or just a general drive to learn a martial art? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade13 Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I would prefer to have my own drive. The people I look to for inspiration might change one day into something that I wouldnt want to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-- Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 A lot of the time, it just depends on what you're exposed to. A close friend of mine, a Hung Gar sifu, tried this out on his kids (your guess is as good as mine as to why, though): He home-schooled them, teaching one a lifestyle and academics based on the Book of Five Rings, and the other based on the Tao Teh Ching. His first son, raised under the guidance of Musashi's writings, grew up to be fierce, competetive, and somewhat viscious. He became a businessman. His second son, raise by Lao Tzu's teachings, grew up quite timid and soft-spoken, and went on to be a medical doctor. Both are great guys, just in different ways. So I suppose it just depends. Our views are always, to some extent, subjective, and what we grew up with has a huge effect on what we become. After all, we wouldn't have modern science if it weren't for fundementalist religion. Ironic, no? d----- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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