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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 687011" data-attributes="member: 41">Re: *snicker*Which seems to be logical on the surface, but in practice I have found the exact opposite to be true.  My understanding of the Way Things Work in Wonderville tells me that most physical hostility arises out of fear-based emotional states.  Fear of humiliation, fear of pain, what have you.  As the practicioner trains, they begin to face and integrate many of these fears, making them less likely in all reality to react from an emotional place when challenged!  In my experience, I have yet to encounter anything *other* than martial training that has reliably allowed me to face and overcome my fears.  Are you aware of something I am not in this regard?  (I mean this question sincererly.)Again, let me point out that not all traumatic situations are the result of person-to-person violence, but martial taining does help acclimate the practicioner to the shock and intense surreality of trauma, helping them to help others.  We accomplish this through 'fighting', but its actual practice is more broad than just hitting or wrestling.No, really.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Again, I fundamentally disagree that martial training is a waste of time, even for the non-violent. Is there another single activity that provides all of the benefits of martial arts?  Again, I am not aware of one, but would be very interested to hear about one.And many non-martial artists of all shapes, sizes and walks of life!That's an incredibly disrespectful and arrogant thing to say.  Of course, you are entitled to do what you like with your own time, but to demean the beliefs of others in such an offhanded way . . . yikes!</blockquote>

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