Friday, October 17, 2008

Where Fighters Train To Become Warriors

I have been wrestling for a while now to figure out a good slogan for our Academy. I wanted something that speaks honestly about what I want our school to represent. I have always tried to run a school that represents the warriors mentality in it's true meaning. If I just say that our academy represents the warrior's mentality, it could easily be miss-understood. Not everyone understands that a fighter and a warrior are not the same. All warriors are certainly fighters but not all fighters are warriors. A warrior is a fighter who understands the responsibility he has as a fighter to represent and honor a code of good conduct. Anyone can be a fighter. You don't have to know martial arts to be a fighter. Granted a good warrior should also always be a good fighter both mentally and physically and not all martial arts teach that. It is a matter of what you fight for and also how you fight. I don't mean whether you fight well or fight poorly, I am talking about violent and honorable fighters. Do you fight honorably or violently. You can fight great and still be honorable. You don't have to be violent. Violence is the attitude that proceeds from each technique. You can see it in the U.F.C. when the fighters talk trash. What are they saying?

"I am going to run my fist down his throat."

"I am going to break his face."

If this is what they are saying than we can expect that is what they would like to do. These people are fueled by anger. Anger is a violent approach to fighting. You can go in there and knock your opponent out in great fashion and not have to get angry before doing so. A basketball player doesn't have to get angry before he makes a basket. A soccer player doesn't have to get angry before he makes a goal. Anger is fueled by fear. Those that talk such smack are putting on anger as a front for fear. They are afraid of what others think about them. These people can't take constructive criticism because they think they are being attacked. They are afraid of what people think. They use anger as a perverted method of proving their manhood because they know they have failed to be men where it really counts. I don't support this kind of attitude in general and especially in the martial arts world. I want people to know that the Clinch Academy is indeed the kind of place "Where fighters train to become warriors!"

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