So been a good month of getting things back together after the wedding, time to begin posting my lessons once again. I almost forgot where i left off. I need to get back into the habit of posting.
Evaluation
What are the threats that you consider are the most likely that you will face?
In my line of work, being a teacher, i am not likely to face life or death situations. I also do not live in a dangerous part of the country. I often visit bigger cities where physical conflict is more likely, but the most i am likely to face around here is a drunken bar brawl.
What are your physical, mental and emotional strengths?
Physically i am fit, and working on being more so. I am able and trained for physical conflict so if need arises, I am able to respond. Mentally I have gone though changes when it involves my interactions and my awareness of situations. No longer do I walk into a room and think, “I could kick his ass, and his, but i want to stay away from him” I walkin and think “not a threat, not a threat” I look for improvised weapons and place myself with an easy escape or barrier. I was not conscious of this change it just came with time. Emotionally i am pretty even tempered. I do not rile easily and I don’t go out and seek conflict, at least i only do when its for training.
What sort of martial art do you think might be best suited to your perceptions of risk and your assets?
Personally, I feel the martial art that i am currently studying is good enough to suit all purposes. It is not broken down into other components, it is a complete fighting system. They did not shatter it into parts as so many eastern arts have been, for example, japanese arts once included the sword, judo, kempo and aikedo. Now they are seperate from each other, when samuri would study all those as components of his art. The western arts were not broken down into subcategories becasue the gun made them mostly obsolete, and they went unmolested, preserved in their written context.
This lack of fracturing gives a practitioner a complete fluency of techniques that range from simple take downs and restraints to full out battlefield slaughter. Master Meyer says “There are holds of love and there are holds of war” it is important to know both. I also learn how to comport myself with arms and the proper application of force.
