Originally Posted by
David Jamieson
There is nothing secret about good manners and the fact that they are taught and not built in with people.
There is nothing secret about how guidance to diligence forges good character in a person and that it is not there built in.
A good sword is fired and hammered many times.
A good person is the same.
No work = No result
This is true, but why is it the job of martial arts instructors to teach these mannerisms. They should be taught to a child by parents or parent. This whole respect driven love thy neighbor BS gets really old. Hell, I thought you were an atheist!
"The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero projects his fear onto his opponent while the coward runs. 'Fear'. It's the same thing, but it's what you do with it that matters". -Cus D'Amato