Martial arts

I'm into the martial arts. I love the stress on dicepline that any art places on a person. I started out in kung-fu then got into karate but I found that that I lean tward spiritual matters which I feel is neglected in classes today.

Typically I think the focus is too heavy on the body and remembering technique but a persons most vunerable and vital point of their soul isn't taken into account. Probably because of the varied methods and inconsistant methods of measuring improvement.

I lean the other way and focus on reading and applying biblical concepts as a martial art. I have found that it can be practiced every waking hour of the day with outcomes surpassing physical fighting. It requires taxing exercise and flexibility of the mind & heart but it pays off.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Void

I'm trying to figure out what style to choose when I do begin. I understand that when you become a black belt, all you know are all of the kicks and forms and means of fighting someone but it's only after you reach that point that you can apply it into actual fighting.

I'm still a little unsure of how much I'm willing to devote myself to something.

Choose something that will make you a better person. When you choose a style you invest in a system of thought.

Ultimately you must consider if the path you choose is for virtue or for vice.
Will the art you choose make you a more compassionate, respectful person?
Will it benefit your self perception & what others think of you?

My art handles both of these issues and more. Its free and its the most useful. Consider every day the attacks we endure on the very nature of who we are. The thrusts of slander, mocking, intimidation, trickery, hate, neglect... what school teaches how to defend yourself from these kinds of blows?
Proverbs 18:14
A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

There's nowhere I can't reach.