Why is that a "but". I think that's an "and". There are, in fact, some pretty good lessons that can be taken from chess, other board games, sports, cards, pretty much anything can have a lesson for other areas of life if we bother to look for it. Martial Arts seems to have a pretty large number of them, some with pretty direct application (lessons about teaching, negotiating, developing discipline, overcoming obstacles, working with others, etc.).
because people are holding UP MAas particularly valuable in life skills, and its no better or worse than many other pass times, games or sports
that's a bit of a daft argument, im hardly going to sign a 7 yo up to a twocing club, I was thinking about past times that were at least vaguely legal and didn't involve the ownership of dogs or chickens.
what point are you trying to make, that MA is better for you than cock fighting, yes it is, but so is,stamp collecting, darts and monopoly'
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That's why I said "and". There are lessons to be learned in a lot of places. I've taught business lessons based on hiking. I've not heard anyone claim that people who don't train MA miss important life lessons that cannot be gained elsewhere.
no they are doing it by omission, biging up the life lessons from ma, whilst failing to mention the same benefits can be gained from many other things.
Except that we are on a MA board. That's pretty much what we talk about here. If I go to a hiking meetup, people talk more about hiking and nature there, and some of the life lessons they pick up that way. I don't sit there and think, "What? You think we can't learn that from chess or martial arts??"
yes and people who are completely self absorbed with their ma training are making claims to its benefits, that are more or less the same benefits you can get from a hoist of other things. That gives a very biased and polarised view that makes ma,seem more beneficial that it actually is
no what you want is a lawn mower.It's not really because cows and horses aren't any good for getting the grass down, they only eat the top of the grass, what you want is sheep, they eat it all the way down. Bit much when the analogies aren't correct either.
Hey, welcome along. And do not let all this lawn mower talk scare you away! oh, wait.. you have gone already.. oh well, our work at LawnMowerTalk is done here.. least for today
