Comments on: Holocaust Museum and The Martial Way http://www.tandao.com/2009/06/12/holocaust-museum-and-the-martial-way/ A Martial Arts Blog. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tandao http://www.tandao.com/2009/06/12/holocaust-museum-and-the-martial-way/comment-page-1/#comment-3366 tandao Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:23:51 +0000 http://www.tandao.com/?p=2121#comment-3366 Thanks for your thoughtful comments ,Rich. Martial arts is ultimately about power. Deep inside us all is a desire to give, as you aptly stated, order to chaos. For martial artists, the primal expression of chaos is violence. Yet, the martial way leads us to our fundamental roots by cultivating power - not just to order violence - but to effectively meet the chaos we encounter in our everyday lives. Hope I answered your question. Thanks for your thoughtful comments ,Rich.

Martial arts is ultimately about power. Deep inside us all is a desire to give, as you aptly stated, order to chaos. For martial artists, the primal expression of chaos is violence. Yet, the martial way leads us to our fundamental roots by cultivating power – not just to order violence – but to effectively meet the chaos we encounter in our everyday lives. Hope I answered your question.

]]> By: Richard Northwood http://www.tandao.com/2009/06/12/holocaust-museum-and-the-martial-way/comment-page-1/#comment-3358 Richard Northwood Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:13:57 +0000 http://www.tandao.com/?p=2121#comment-3358 Great comment. Your point about ritual combat training is very relevant. Do you also think that our training is more fundamental? I think it may deal with our fundamental desire to control, and that martial arts seek to give order to what is - essentially - a chaotic process (violence). What do you think? Great blog Rich Great comment. Your point about ritual combat training is very relevant.
Do you also think that our training is more fundamental? I think it may deal with our fundamental desire to control, and that martial arts seek to give order to what is – essentially – a chaotic process (violence).

What do you think?

Great blog

Rich

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