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Is your Martial Art a form or path of spiritualality for you?
In a sense, yes. It does not take the place of my religious faith, but it does provide me with something that satisfies my soul.
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I find as I get older and train more, that it becomes, at times, a satisfying spiritual endeavor. Although I am not religious, it does seem to have a sense of spiritualality.
I would say more of an Awareness of intention, instead of a spirituality.
Spirit is your will to live. It can be about religion, but it is actually your personal struggle to live.
Not particularly. It is something fun for me, helps me deal with my aggression, and gives me something that I can focus on when I notice I'm getting angry about something, or ruminating. In that sense it helps my character a lot, but doesn't really effect me spiritually.
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I don't know. I feel like it is what I am supposed to be doing, as far as spirituality goes I dont know, I really don't understand the concept regarding martial arts.
Yes, in the way that I define "spirituality". It is part of what calms me, what brings me contentment and fulfillment in life, and how I manage my own development.
But you do understand team spirit, and how that pertains to sports? Right?
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My founder left a number of scrolls and written works on our art. Some are in Kanji. Other work was in simple Hiragana so as not to draw upon Buddhism and Confucian analects. We should read over it many times in our lifetime as our experience grows and we can find deeper meaning. The work translated pertaining to Buddhism is deep. The explanation of one line can run into pages. He was one of the few masters that managed to make the transition from the killing sword to a life giving sword.
I see little point in practicing my art if one does not try to adhere to the values that the founder also taught.
I see little point in practicing my art if one does not try to adhere to the values that the founder also taught.
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But you do understand team spirit, and how that pertains to sports? Right?
What team? Martial arts is usually one on one.
In this case there is an "I" in team.
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In this case there is an "I" in team.
Spirit.
Yeah. That is the U-Team. LOL
Yeah, consider there is no such thing as one team spirit. Only, several individual attitudes in common.
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It takes a village to raise a warrior.
KenpoMaster805
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Doing Martial Arts is my passion and I love it and i learn a lot from it i think it depends on you what path you choose Martial Arts is like my HIGH when i dont do martial arts I feel Bored and Just wana do it you know and when you do martial arts you wana come back more and more to train
In this case, the "team" is the dojo/dojang/gym and all the people who train and teach there. When you are there, your job isn't solely to improve your fighting ability. You should also be working to improve the physical skills of those you train with, and your own (and their) personal/internal skills.
In MMA there is very much a team even though the actual competition is one on one. There's the coaches, your sparring partners, your corners, your cutman and the support is very much there. Often there are several fighters from one club on a card and you all support each other, it's not something you should do on your own if you want to be successful. There is a tremendous team spirit going on in all the successful gyms.
To me, there is. I think a lot of the answer to the OP has to do with how we each define "spirituality". For me, it is not the same thing as religion (though religion may be an aspect of it for many people). Spirituality is about growth, living in integrity with your own values, learning about yourself and the world you live in, caring for others, and similar topics.
