Stillness- why I like Chinese and Japanese martial arts
I realise that there are people like me out there who want to learn martial arts to find inner peace and balance. While Cobra Kai fans are yelling "strikefirststrikehardnomercy!" Dragonball Super fans are still posting memes about Goku's Ultra Instinct. With the trends I have seen in Karate these days and what we have seen in Cobra Kai and in MMA fights I have begun to think that martial arts enthusiasts are just not interested in that kind of stuff anymore... I really enjoyed seeing Robbie bringing the whole mushin thing back in the last episode of Cobra Kai. Over here the loudest voices in the martial arts community are preaching aggression and competitive spirit. What I see in how they practice however does not seem like any martial art that I wish to learn. Sure- I like punching, kicking and doing damage as much as the next martial arts fanatic, but any outward display of aggression translates to me as a lack of control, lack of skill and a need for ...