| Have you ever thought for a moment why the | | | | nunchukas, shiruken star and swords? When will |
| fascination with fighting and ancient oriental culture | | | | you ever be able to legally carry around these old |
| prevails whenever the subject of self defense is | | | | and outdated weapons? The answer is never. |
| brought up? There are reasons that are sublime | | | | Most of the ancient oriental weapons taught are |
| and not so obvious to the average thinker. In this | | | | illegal to carry and to use almost anywhere you |
| article, you will discover 3 startling reasons why | | | | go. You never even consider the impracticality of |
| there is such a fascination, even to the point of | | | | these outdated weapons taught precisely because |
| obsession, with martial arts and how it relates to | | | | of the hypnotic, "romantic" effect (of Reason #1) |
| ancient oriental culture. | | | | causing a "subjugation-reaction" of common sense |
| The 3 Reasons Why Traditional Martial Arts Are | | | | which you never stop to consider and you are |
| Obsessed With Ancient Oriental Culture | | | | not even aware of. |
| Reason #1 - It's Hypnotic - For some strange | | | | Reason #3 - The Avid Student of Traditional |
| reason, when you don the oriental gi or the kung | | | | Martial Arts, Imbued With Ancient Oriental Culture, |
| fu uniform, lose your shoes, go bare feet and | | | | Will Vehemently Defend What Is Taught To |
| listen to your sensei count out the metered steps | | | | Them With An Almost "Religious" Passion - If you |
| and moves of your kata in the original Japanese | | | | ever try to talk common sense with a traditional |
| from 1 to 10, i.e, "Ish, Nee, Son, Ru...", you get to | | | | martial artist, those who study and practice |
| feel and believe that you have been transported | | | | karate, kung fu, taekwondo or hapkido, as it was |
| and are someone and some where exotic (and | | | | taught hundreds of years ago, and ask them to |
| maybe even mystical) where you are not. (This | | | | question their beliefs about the usefulness of their |
| of course all happens on an unconscious level | | | | systems will evoke an almost mindless, |
| below your lucid, cognitive perception.) It's kind of | | | | evangelistic fervor of defense over whatever it is |
| like instead of watching a movie, you get to | | | | that they are practicing - without question. Like a |
| participate in it and become the movie itself. | | | | good soldier who must fight whatever battle |
| Reason #2 - Once You Become An Earnest | | | | where ever he is sent, you, as a good student, |
| Student of Traditional Martial Arts, You Subjugate | | | | must do what you are told and must never |
| Common Sense - Oh, you don't agree with me | | | | question nor think beyond what your "master" |
| on this one? Then why are you asked to practice | | | | has taught you to do. |
| in bare feet when in the streets you are never | | | | If you have in the least bit become angry over |
| attacked in your bare feet (unless of course you | | | | this article, then you know who I am talking |
| live on the beach)? Why is it that you are taught | | | | about. |
| techniques of how to use ancient weaponry like | | | | |