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The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
DOM“most if not all martial arts were designed for killing, hence the word martial”
The Little Capoeira Book“From the very beginning, capoeira had to struggle to survive, since all African cultural activity was repressed in the 1800. Facing a stronger opponent who controlled the power and made the laws, capoeira had to be flexible to avoid frontal confrontations, to go with the flow of things. Capoeira learned the guerrilla way of fighting when faced by a stronger more stabilised army. It learned the value of lies and deceit, of ambush, surprise and treason.
One does not block a kick in capoeira; on the contrary, one goes along with it, thus avoiding the blow and the counterattacking if possible. One does not confront a man face to face but rather pretends to be a coward, to ask of mercy - and then to hit the opponent when he lowers his guard.
Capoeira knows nothing of such words, valued in Western society, as honesty, truth and fair play when facing an enemy. Such concepts and luxuries are not available when you are a slave to a master who goes to church in the morning and at night rapes young women in the slave quarters, not even considering them to bee human beings but simply peças (literally pieces, or units with some economic value) In the capoeiristas’ world view, such concepts are to be employed only with those who have proved real friendship.”
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
from the film BladeBlade: You better wake up. The world you live in is just a sugar-coated topping! There is another world beneath it - the real world. And if you want to survive it, you better learn to PULL THE TRIGGER!
Only someone who has mastered violence can truly choose to be non-violent. The Taoists and Buddists who developed the eastern martial arts understood this. Ignoring the problems of violence do not make them go away.
Only someone who has mastered violence can truly choose to be non-violent. The Taoists and Buddists who developed the eastern martial arts understood this. Ignoring the problems of violence do not make them go away.
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