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Finding Something Lost

I started down the path of martial arts around the age of ten or eleven after years of watching Kung-Fu theater. I found it all just amazing. I wanted to learn how to jump twenty feet into the air, and fall from five stories up without getting hurt. The flowing windmill and animal like movements never ceased to capture my attention.

  Needless to say, when I actually began to study these arts, I found myself somewhat disappointed. There were complex forms of motion to memorize and properly execute, and most of my teachers dedicated little effort to the shy, skinny kid that I was. After a few years of changing schools, I gave up attending regular classes. But there was still something about martial arts that I was drawn to, I just could not define it. As a result, I began teaching myself.

  Taking what little I learned from the various styles I continued to visited, and adding to it several books on the subject, I began to develop my skills. Not guided by any kind of teacher, and with little guidelines to follow, I acquired certain bad habits, some of which still haunt me to this day. But what I gained far outweighed the damage I had done. Not only did I develop the proper coordination (something I lacked greatly), but I found what was missing from the curriculum of the schools I had attended.

  Proper form is a necessary component of martial arts in general. Without it you will not only be an ineffective fighter, but an undisciplined student. But that was what these schools were solely about; being a good fighter and an obedient pupil. As important as these things are, they are only the shadow of what martial arts truly contain.

  I'm not talking about character development (though that is part of it), nor do I speak of good balance or coordination. These things are already well documented and quite obvious, even to the novice. What I'm talking about is a pathway to a truthful existence. Though studying martial arts alone will not get you there, it is a major starting point. Since there creation they were practiced in monasteries of passive, peaceful religions as a way to gain enlightenment, as well as longevity and health. It was only afterward that their destructive capabilities were nurtured and put into use for war-like purposes. Most modern day styles are mutations of their original counterparts that focus solely on these aspects of their full potential. But the potential remains despite it's lack of use. Martial arts are Taoist expressions of the universe, and a way to obtain harmony with it.

  For those that do not already know, Tao means "the way". It is a school of thought that encompasses all things (martial arts included), and like most forms of Buddhism (which are heavily influenced by Taoism), it is about obtaining knowledge through removing ignorance. The Tao is the source of all things, and all things are done through it; though it does nothing on it's own.

  Though I have never been criticized by my instructors (or anyone else for that matter) for having these thoughts, I have seldom been encouraged for them either. Maybe this is because they themselves did not see it, or maybe it's that they know that it is a journey that must be undertaken, for the most part, on one's own. Whatever the reason, I have never held it against them for this lack of help, but I have felt somewhat sorry for their other students who have no knowledge of it. Some schools teach only certain aspects of the Tao, which is why I must recommend avoiding devotion to one style in particular. One must learn to have no opinion of good or bad, for one is just as important as the other. Some arts are styles of action (like Tae Kwan Do), and others teach a wuwei (non-action) approach to life (like Aikido). Others teach a defensive stance (found in most styles of karate), while still others offer a "sneaky" strategy to subdue your opponents without them ever knowing what it is that you are doing (such as in Drunken style kung-fu). All of these are lessons in mode of thought. A true seeker of the way will attempt to know how to apply all ways; each in it's proper context. In order to live truthfully, one must understand the correct direction to be taken; whether it be one of intercedence, or one of flow. But the secret (just like in martial arts) is to be able to apply them without ever thinking. Strategies must cease to be strategies, but instead must become an automatic reaction.

  I will not expound on this knowledge any further for, as I said, the path must but traversed in a solitary setting. Besides, I am not a master of the Tao, and my knowledge of it's maze of understanding is still only at it's most basic level. I also refrain from sharing what I have learned because I do not wish to cloud the path with my own misguided images as to how things are. I have been known to be wrong quite often, and my vision changes each day as another piece to the puzzle is added. You must find your own vision of a truthful existence, for it is meaning is different for everyone, but it's knowledge is eternal.

  I'm sure that many of you will disagree with me, and that is fine. But to those of you that do, I suggest you take the time someday and contemplate on the matter. The signs are obvious to the inner mind's eye, but they sometimes (if not all the time) defy our logical understanding of things.

Adam E. Migdal

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