i think you are evil, and you like martial arts because you like hurting people
Man, now you're inciting me to start like a one page thing over this.
Martial arts is NOT used to hurt people! If one only knows how to use it to hurt others, then it's just mere violence, and it's never the true meaning of this art.
Do you know why it is called martial "art" and not martial "method of mass destruction"? It is truly an art, because it is a mean by which you can use to bring out and understand your inner self, just like painting, singing, or even freestyle. And when people reaches the highest point of it, there's no need for them to fight anyone anymore. They're simply at peace, with their inner self and outer surroundings.
Bruce Lee refers to Chinese martial arts as "kung fu", but I think I will stick to my word, which originally used by the Chinese to describe it: "wu shu". The reason is that this word embeds in it the true meaning of Chinese martial arts in particular, and martial arts in general. You know why? Let me give you the briefest version I can muster:
- "Shu" means "Art" so it's out of the question.
- "Wu" means "military might or power" in Chinese, but this word can be broken down into 2 minor words: "avert" and "spear" (if I have to explain it further it will take another page). The "avert" part is like "stop, prevent" so it's out of the question. The "spear" can be seen as "conflict" because it's the main weapon to use in ancient Chinese wars.
=> The word "Wu" actually means "Avert conflict" and so "wu shu" can be seen as "the art to avert conflict". Now if you bother to read until here, you will have an idea why I say martial arts are not used for fighting! At least, it's not when people actually understand the true meaning of it.
And what's more, in martial arts there were many interesting concepts and ideas, brought to us by thousands of years of genius, that we can actually used in the context of freestyle. The "Yin/Yang" concept (although it can be used for more than just martial arts or freestyle) is one example.
Sorry for this to take so long. I tried all I could, but it can only be this short.
Sorry to all others for this too. Way off topic, I know. May I ask someone to actually delete this topic? Thank you!
