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Before martial arts became a sport the Buddhist monks practiced it for self- preservation. With its popularity the basic steps have become elaborate and more fanciful. Do not get fooled: controlled mayhem is the goal.
One gets to hear of Okinawaan style or a drunken stance. Or take Kung fu for instance. You may opt for monkey stance or plum flower pose. Such fanciful names are added as the martial art is developed.
In martial arts bo (a staff) acts an extension of your body; longer the staff more power is in your hands to inflict injury to your opponent. Similarly dao acts like a cutlass and when you use it you target wrist of your opponent.
Man as an automobile. With martial arts the difference is between a Ford and a Bugatti.
Tailpiece: Competition helps each life form to push back the boundaries ever so little and the gains are for the whole. Every advance must also hold loss in some areas. Technology follows the rear of an advancing column of Science. While scientific knowledge is for all, technology divides people into North and South, superpowers and client nations.
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