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To Marginal:
Well, like MichTKD, I don't believe TKD is all about fighting or "sport" as Terry thought you meant. Its about becoming a better human being in the process of learning to defend yourself. Humility, is a big component. Without humility there is no respect. A black belt should learn to have humility when he is being trained to fight. If not, he is just a fighting thug in my opinion.
If one doesn't care about anybody else and its their viewpointmy way or the highway, then that person has pride. Pride is not a good thing. It is one of the seven deadly sins btw. If a person has a humble attitude where he/she can accept that he CAN be wrong, then he is a humble person. It has to start with one person being humble, and I believe Terry is. Then two people, then three...
"You can be the change that you see in the world" is a saying that's around.
I would rather NOT see other people as attacking me. I would rather see that they have a good heart from reading these words in the forum and looking beyond to a bigger picture of what they are trying to convey. So I have to read the INTENT of the sentence. Marginal, you believe that's an "attack", saying he believes "you believe in the sport of TKD?" He apologized to you because you mistook his words as a insult. Also, you add words that aren't there... Then you finally insult him as a way of trying to get your point across but you tell him to teach TKD, as if he isn't already a teacher, and you make fun of his trees analogy. Its all about attitude. We respect your opinion but it would be nice if you would listen to what the other side has to say and at least try to respect and see some validity in the other's viewpoint once in a while. Respect/Humility goes two ways and hopefully it expands from there to others. TW
Well, like MichTKD, I don't believe TKD is all about fighting or "sport" as Terry thought you meant. Its about becoming a better human being in the process of learning to defend yourself. Humility, is a big component. Without humility there is no respect. A black belt should learn to have humility when he is being trained to fight. If not, he is just a fighting thug in my opinion.
If one doesn't care about anybody else and its their viewpointmy way or the highway, then that person has pride. Pride is not a good thing. It is one of the seven deadly sins btw. If a person has a humble attitude where he/she can accept that he CAN be wrong, then he is a humble person. It has to start with one person being humble, and I believe Terry is. Then two people, then three...
"You can be the change that you see in the world" is a saying that's around.
I would rather NOT see other people as attacking me. I would rather see that they have a good heart from reading these words in the forum and looking beyond to a bigger picture of what they are trying to convey. So I have to read the INTENT of the sentence. Marginal, you believe that's an "attack", saying he believes "you believe in the sport of TKD?" He apologized to you because you mistook his words as a insult. Also, you add words that aren't there... Then you finally insult him as a way of trying to get your point across but you tell him to teach TKD, as if he isn't already a teacher, and you make fun of his trees analogy. Its all about attitude. We respect your opinion but it would be nice if you would listen to what the other side has to say and at least try to respect and see some validity in the other's viewpoint once in a while. Respect/Humility goes two ways and hopefully it expands from there to others. TW