Comments on: Michael Jackson and Balance http://www.tandao.com/2009/06/28/2206/ For the Evolving Martial Artist Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:08:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: pete westphal http://www.tandao.com/2009/06/28/2206/comment-page-1/#comment-3064 pete westphal Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:53:04 +0000 http://www.tandao.com/?p=2206#comment-3064 As you put it in the title this is a balanced account of Michael Jackson. His adulators at best, give perfunctory notice to his problems and misdeeds, extolling his transformative brilliance as an entertainer. Soon they say, comparing him not quite fairly to Elvis, and very unfairly to Sinatra, all that will be remembered is the art, his pain and indiscretions lost to time. But they are not will not be lost to time. His life and the lives of those around him, living still, suffered for his derelictions and illness, and those wounds and those wounded will follow him into the next life as well. His detractors reverse those priorities, give lipservice to his artistic brilliance, and spill reams of electronic ink on his oddities and sins. But sides however, both approaches miss the reality of this deeply split soul and they miss that Michael Jackson was far more than an icon, a hero or an antihero. They miss that he was a human being... This article helps restore that imbalance, and in its even tempered analysis begins to give us back the man. As you put it in the title this is a balanced account of Michael Jackson. His adulators at best, give perfunctory notice to his problems and misdeeds, extolling his transformative brilliance as an entertainer. Soon they say, comparing him not quite fairly to Elvis, and very unfairly to Sinatra, all that will be remembered is the art, his pain and indiscretions lost to time. But they are not will not be lost to time. His life and the lives of those around him, living still, suffered for his derelictions and illness, and those wounds and those wounded will follow him into the next life as well. His detractors reverse those priorities, give lipservice to his artistic brilliance, and spill reams of electronic ink on his oddities and sins. But sides however, both approaches miss the reality of this deeply split soul and they miss that Michael Jackson was far more than an icon, a hero or an antihero. They miss that he was a human being… This article helps restore that imbalance, and in its even tempered analysis begins to give us back the man.

]]> By: admin http://www.tandao.com/2009/06/28/2206/comment-page-1/#comment-3017 admin Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:48:28 +0000 http://www.tandao.com/?p=2206#comment-3017 The warrior symbolizes body awareness. The movements are not intellectual. The mental understanding of the meaning of the movement is the scholar. You are integrating the 3 in your training (which is good) as it is all unified. You might want to put these ideas out on the forum. The warrior symbolizes body awareness. The movements are not intellectual. The mental understanding of the meaning of the movement is the scholar.
You are integrating the 3 in your training (which is good) as it is all unified. You might want to put these ideas out on the forum.

]]> By: arnuld http://www.tandao.com/2009/06/28/2206/comment-page-1/#comment-3006 arnuld Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:06:55 +0000 http://www.tandao.com/?p=2206#comment-3006 > The scholar represents the > mind and trained intellect. I thought its the Warrior that represents the trained mind. Like I do punch-on-wall training and it trains my mind automatically to use the force from the whole body when I strike a punch (building a muscle-memory). > When you do more than practice > moves and want to understand them, > that is the scholar By "<b>to understand</b>" you mean understanding where they hit and how much damage they do and e.g. what if I hit the crane beak at a place where it is not desired to be (thigh or chest). I still say, this is the warrior who needs such understanding. > The scholar represents the
> mind and trained intellect.

I thought its the Warrior that represents the trained mind. Like I do punch-on-wall training and it trains my mind automatically to use the force from the whole body when I strike a punch (building a muscle-memory).

> When you do more than practice
> moves and want to understand them,
> that is the scholar

By “to understand” you mean understanding where they hit and how much damage they do and e.g. what if I hit the crane beak at a place where it is not desired to be (thigh or chest). I still say, this is the warrior who needs such understanding.

]]> By: admin http://www.tandao.com/2009/06/28/2206/comment-page-1/#comment-2984 admin Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:12:08 +0000 http://www.tandao.com/?p=2206#comment-2984 Good question Arnuld. The scholar is not an actual academician. Each archetype is a symbol. The scholar represents the mind and trained intellect. When you do more than practice moves and want to understand them, that is the scholar. Good question Arnuld. The scholar is not an actual academician.
Each archetype is a symbol. The scholar represents the mind and trained intellect. When you do more than practice moves and want to understand them, that is the scholar.

]]> By: arnuld http://www.tandao.com/2009/06/28/2206/comment-page-1/#comment-2975 arnuld Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:42:11 +0000 http://www.tandao.com/?p=2206#comment-2975 I understand the 2 out of 3 corners of the trianlge. I understand the warrior, the building of the great strength and force. I understand the monk,the purification of the mind, not to let oneself run on addiction but control and lead the mind. I don't understand the scholar. I never ever understood the academic education (if you mean that by scholar, one who gets certificate of education from some place). I really hate scholar things. Based on my personal experience as a student, ( I am a graduate, holding a degree of Bachelor of Science) and trust me student life is a dream life, far cut from the reality. I understand the 2 out of 3 corners of the trianlge. I understand the warrior, the building of the great strength and force. I understand the monk,the purification of the mind, not to let oneself run on addiction but control and lead the mind.

I don’t understand the scholar. I never ever understood the academic education (if you mean that by scholar, one who gets certificate of education from some place). I really hate scholar things. Based on my personal experience as a student, ( I am a graduate, holding a degree of Bachelor of Science) and trust me student life is a dream life, far cut from the reality.

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