neficial because if it is done well it reveals to a person his own strength. He develops enough confidence so he can walk away from a punk’s challenge, and control his impulse to sit on the horn in trafficPeople engage in violence for a number of reasons.

Bullies enjoy picking on people that are weaker.

Muggers do it for profit.

Angry mates act out of rage and revenge.

Some use violence to seek status in the pecking order of their gangs.

But at the bottom of our need to act violently, you’ll often find feelings of self-doubt and weakness.

Some of the most dangerous people are the insecure. Like tiny rattlesnakes that know no better than to inject all of their venom into victims with a single bite, people who feel weak, helpless, and insecure overreact, believing that even minor slights are major provocations.

Not knowing their strength, they go all out to hurt, maim, and even to kill, without the ability to control their gradients of harm.

Martial art training is beneficial because if it is done well it reveals to a person his own strength. He develops enough confidence so he can walk away from a punk’s challenge, and control his impulse to sit on the horn in traffic

nce to seek status in the pecking order of their gangs.

But at the bottom of our need to act violently, you’ll often find feelings of self-doubt and weakness.

Some of the most dangerous people are the insecure. Like tiny rattlesnakes that know no better than to inject all of their venom into victims with a single bite, people who feel weak, helpless, and insecure overreact, believing that even minor slights are major provocations.

Not knowing their strength, they go all out to hurt, maim, and even to kill, without the ability to control their gradients of harm.

Martial art training is beneficial because if it is done well it reveals to a person his own strength. He develops enough confidence so he can walk away from a punk’s challenge, and control his impulse to sit on the horn in traffic

re the insecure. Like tiny rattlesnakes that know no better than to inject all of their venom into victims with a single bite, people who feel weak, helpless, and insecure overreact, believing that even minor slights are major provocations.

Not knowing their strength, they go all out to hurt, maim, and even to kill, without the ability to control their gradients of harm.

Martial art training is beneficial because if it is done well it reveals to a person his own strength. He develops enough confidence so he can walk away from a punk’s challenge, and control his impulse to sit on the horn in traffic

or slights are major provocations.

Not knowing their strength, they go all out to hurt, maim, and even to kill, without the ability to control their gradients of harm.

Martial art training is beneficial because if it is done well it reveals to a person his own strength. He develops enough confidence so he can walk away from a punk’s challenge, and control his impulse to sit on the horn in traffic

neficial because if it is done well it reveals to a person his own strength. He develops enough confidence so he can walk away from a punk’s challenge, and control his impulse to sit on the horn in traffic or to return obscene gestures.

At the same time, formal training shows, through occasional dojo accidents that happen, just how powerful strikes, blocks, and kicks can be. I saw a senior belt “teach a lesson” to his junior by exceeding the proper gradient in a sparring session.

The result of his need to prove his superiority was an unscheduled visit to the hospital by the lower belt, who needed several sutures to close the gaping gash in his chin.

He was injured because his senior felt weak, insecure, and he had to prove himself.

In this case, the person with more dojo training, who should have known better, was at fault.

But after this sorry episode, he never had to prove, nor did he want to prove his physical superiority inside or outside of the training hall.

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