Martial Arts Blog
The following are some of my thoughts on training and about martial arts in general.
August 24th, 2008
Self-Defence Tips
I have just posted some tips and general rules for personal safety.
Mayo Clinic Recommends Tai Chi for Posture, Balance, and Stress Relief
The Mayo Clinic is famous worldwide for its state of the art superlative health care. Now they are suggesting what the Chinese have known for years: Do Tai Chi!
June 29, 2008
Building Character or Virtue
Martial arts training is all about building good character. The ancient Chinese called it the path to virtue, the ancient Greeks called it building arete, which means functional excellence, or virtue. The Greeks (Empedocles in particular) also praised attaining a state of mental awareness, called metis (pronounced may-teece, rhymes with Greece).
The ancient Greeks and Chinese seemed to have similar meditative goals, especially in Lao Tsu, Confucius, and in some of the Pre-Socratics (Pythagoras, Empedocles), Socrates, Plato, and the Stoics.
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