Comments on: A Warrior’s Zen Slap http://www.tandao.com/2009/12/01/a-warriors-zen-slap/ For the Evolving Martial Artist Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:40:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tandao http://www.tandao.com/2009/12/01/a-warriors-zen-slap/comment-page-1/#comment-5043 tandao Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:42:08 +0000 http://www.tandao.com/?p=2915#comment-5043 Yes, just like there are different seasons, there are different stages in life represented by the warrior (physical), scholar (mental) and monk (emotional.) We are all three, yet at different stages a different part of us may be more dominant or appropriate. When young we must use our energies to maximizing our bodies skills. At middle age our physical skills will diminsh so mental strategy and knowledge takes precedence. Emotional maturity, ideally - though not necessarily so - unfolds as we age. In aspiring for higher spiritual ideals, the Evolving Martial Artist is a realist in regards to the reality of violence and conflict in life. Therefore sometimes life can be compared to a battle and other times a dance. We spend our lives learning when we must struggle against the tide and when to let go and flow. Knowing when is the ideal called mastery. Yes, just like there are different seasons, there are different stages in life represented by the warrior (physical), scholar (mental) and monk (emotional.) We are all three, yet at different stages a different part of us may be more dominant or appropriate. When young we must use our energies to maximizing our bodies skills. At middle age our physical skills will diminsh so mental strategy and knowledge takes precedence. Emotional maturity, ideally – though not necessarily so – unfolds as we age.

In aspiring for higher spiritual ideals, the Evolving Martial Artist is a realist in regards to the reality of violence and conflict in life. Therefore sometimes life can be compared to a battle and other times a dance. We spend our lives learning when we must struggle against the tide and when to let go and flow. Knowing when is the ideal called mastery.

]]> By: arnuld http://www.tandao.com/2009/12/01/a-warriors-zen-slap/comment-page-1/#comment-4974 arnuld Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:51:02 +0000 http://www.tandao.com/?p=2915#comment-4974 I am confused. Most of the time you say Martial-Arts is more than fighting and one should also focus on spiritual side of Martial-Arts but in this post you say, For a Martial-Artist fighting should be a metaphor for life. Do you mean there are stages in life, in youth fighting should be the metaphor or way of life but in after mid 40's spirituality should replace fighting ? I am confused. Most of the time you say Martial-Arts is more than fighting and one should also focus on spiritual side of Martial-Arts but in this post you say, For a Martial-Artist fighting should be a metaphor for life. Do you mean there are stages in life, in youth fighting should be the metaphor or way of life but in after mid 40′s spirituality should replace fighting ?

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