Martial Arts

[Gavin]

Does the martial arts training help to increase ones good-heart and decrease ones temper?

 

[Touch Of Death]

Does the martial arts training help to increase ones good-heart and decrease ones temper?

Depends on what your training consists of. Some schools can only make it worse. However, I would have to say yes.
Sean

 

[Gavin]

thanks for your opinion sean.any other responses?

 

[Andrew Green]

Physical activity in general can decrease your temper by giving you a release and keeping you healthy.

Who you train with is more important then what you train though. Poor sportsmanship and good sportsmanship exists in all activities

 

[Brother John]

Does the martial arts training help to increase ones good-heart and decrease ones temper?

I think that goal directed behavior toward an internal standard of excellence demands patience and introspection, it demands a good work-ethic, dedication and perseverance.
THESE things, no matter if it's martial arts as the vehicle or not, help to "increase one's good heart" AND "Decrese ones temper".

Just my thoughts.
I could be wrong,

but I don't think so. :ultracool

Your Brother
John

 

[Gavin]

these are interesting points of view. I have always been told that I have a good heart but my temper can at times get out of control. Martial arts has helped me very much. has it done the same with any others>? do any other martial artists have any other an opinions on the matter?

 

[arnisador]

Depends on how much philosophy you get, I suppose...and how much knowing you can defend yourself calms you by confidence rather than leads you to want to test your skills.

 

[Miles]

Does the martial arts training help to increase ones good-heart and decrease ones temper?

I think that the deliberate frustration the martial arts provide help foster self-control. I think martial artists still get angry, but the control developed from training prevents them from losing their temper. Does this make one a better person? Perhaps...

Miles

 

[TigerWoman]

Well in TKD we have the tenets: courtesy, integrity, self-control, perseverance and indomitable spirit. We also learn the keys to success which our master teaches: respect, repetition, patience, discipline and humility. To go to a test these elements have to be worked on within the person. Say for example there is no self-control, respect, courtesy...well, there would be no test to advance. We learn as Miles, I think said, that we have obstacles in front of us constantly to overcome, and these are the mental ones. Alot of the time the obstacle is yourself which you have to triumph over. Learn patience, learn discipline, learn respect of every person for who they are. These are all part of traditional Taekwondo. I have never seen an angry, un-controlled person get to black belt in our organization. And I know, the master instructor took away a belt of one person but don't know the details. TW

 

[Touch Of Death]

these are interesting points of view. I have always been told that I have a good heart but my temper can at times get out of control. Martial arts has helped me very much. has it done the same with any others>? do any other martial artists have any other an opinions on the matter?

You can acieve a blackbelt and still have a victim mentality. Go to a tournament sometime and listen to 'em whine. As Brother John pointed out, it is a discipline but schools of thought vary.
Sean