Originally Posted by
ghostofwingchun
I am thinking that it is not always the case of not having goal . . . but of having different goal . . . one person's or group's goal is not yardstick by which everyone is measured . . . some people play basketball for fun . . . not to be competitive basketball players . . . others want to play at NBA . . . some people play basketball for socializing . . . some just to get exercise . . . and so on . . . basketball like wc serves us I am thinking. . . we make it what we want it to be. Anyway . . . I may be completely wrong . . . but this is my thinking at present.
Thanks,
Ghost
The only thing I gotta say to this (and I may avoid the comments to come later!!!):
If you play basketball for fun, exercise and socialization, you know that if you take your game to the LA Lakers, you're gonna get your butt kicked. At least that's well known. At least that I would know that I'm gonna get whooped and I can't use my "recreational" basketball skillz against an NBA player. If I want to "survive" a game of basketball with just about anyone on the planet (assuming I would be walking in the woods and someone would jump out of nowhere and force a game of one-on-one basketball with me!), I have to train as best to my ability to avoid a horrible loss. Sidenote: Just as if I met Couture in the bar and would buy him a beer instead of p!ss him off, if I saw Jordan - I may decline.
Now herein lies the many paths of martial arts. I agree that many people choose many reasons for joining the martial arts. It's just that false confidence that scares me. "I do martial arts. I'm deadly."
Me opinion,
Kenton
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Friedrich Engels