Posts Tagged ‘determination’
Finding energy & creating #pathways with #MartialArts
UPDATES 23072018.
1. I spoke with a guy at a business conference recently.
He said that martial arts (krav maga) had changed his life, in terms of confidence.
He had stopped a potential attack by standing tall and warning off the aggressor.
And he had been sufficiently aware of an attack by an animal to push it away before it had jumped on him.
2. Brendan Ingle died recently
Martial arts & purpose
Martial arts can provide a sense of purpose.
It can also provide personal development and a pathway out of crime or bad habits.
Signage
The sign at Brendan Ingle’s well known boxing gym in Sheffield is:
” Boxing can seriously damage your health, but teaches you self-discipline and gets you fit. Smoking, drinking and drugs just damage your health.”
Actor Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke is aged 62 and has been associated in the past with drugs and alcohol abuse.
He recently fought an exhibition boxing match against a 29 year old in Moscow and said:
“Boxing is a serious part of my life. It taught me respect and determination, patience and concentration.”
Benefits
For him, some of the benefits are similar to mindfulness and are also about #Looking4Balance.
By the way, boxing is also a metaphor for the #MartialArtsPrinciple – #PlayingToYourStrengths
Image of Mickey Rourke
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