| What joy do you get out of doing the Martial Arts? | | | | you get that great car, have the cheerleader, get that |
| What strange abilities can you really discover and | | | | great job? The reason, for most people, is that they |
| make real? Is there a reality that could be called Zen | | | | can't control themselves. |
| Karate...or zen kenpo, or zen whatever other martial | | | | I am not talking about controlling your body, nor even |
| art you might study? | | | | your mind, now. I am talking about controlling you, the |
| There is a discipline referred to as zen, and the best | | | | person who controls your body and mind. You. |
| book for describing it is Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. Past | | | | You want to be as snazzy as Bruce Lee, as rapid as |
| that, zen is the method by which you experience | | | | Jet Lee, able to jump through hoops better than Jackie |
| yourself, as discovered through specific discipline. My | | | | Chan? Learn to control your body, then learn to control |
| specific discipline and experience was through the | | | | your mind, and, ultimately, learn the secrets of |
| martial art of Kang Duk Won karate. | | | | controlling yourself. Learn to control that person who is |
| The discipline is through the repetition of kata and | | | | controlling your body and mind. |
| bunkai, and through this discipline you learn to control | | | | I advocate a study of the martial arts as the the best |
| your body. People who fight just to fight, as in MMA, | | | | method for learning to control yourself. Karate, tae |
| never experience this discipline. They might know | | | | kwon do, krav maga, they are all valid paths for |
| martial, but they don't know art. | | | | learning how to control yourself, and to see yourself as |
| And, if you can learn to control the fact of your body, | | | | separate from body and mind. Learn to do this, |
| you realize that it took control of mind. The struggle to | | | | dedicate yourself to the gladiatorial method that will |
| make your body do exactly as you want comes from | | | | make you have zen karate, or zen pa kua chang or |
| you making your mind do exactly what you want. And | | | | zen whatever, and you will be able to control the |
| now we come to the point of it all. | | | | universe, and all the fast cars and cheerleaders therein. |
| Why doesn't life do what you want it to? Why can't | | | | |