tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post5726226562525311510..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: For LoveRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-17146077752182559212014-03-06T16:18:24.272-08:002014-03-06T16:18:24.272-08:00Tiff- I don't think I'm understanding your...Tiff- I don't think I'm understanding your question quite right. Might be a coffee discussion.<br /><br />Kamil- My problem with the insurance analogy is that your insurance is required by law to pay off. Training, on the other hand, has no guarantees. And for most inexperienced people, bad training and good training are equal in instilling confidence. So if you are going to invest years, money and permanent injury in something that may be nothing but a talisman in the end... you probably want to enjoy the process.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-61122840659243558322014-03-05T01:33:57.739-08:002014-03-05T01:33:57.739-08:00People ruminate about the physical and temporal co...People ruminate about the physical and temporal costs of training - I see a post like this on blogs about once a month. I have always framed it in another light: As low as the possibility of violence is for all of us in the developed world, and as high as the rigors of training might be, the physical and emotional costs of peril and violence can be enormous even if it happens once. Training - both physical and technical - is just like buying insurance for your business or saving for the future: just because you might never need that money doesn't mean you shouldn't have it. Having that extra money gives you peace of mind that is disproportionate to the amount of money that you saved. That peace of mind informs dozens of decisions that have nothing to do with the actual investment. There is a tangible value in that. In the same way, training and thinking about minimizing physical risk and danger synergizes with other aspects of your life to make that physical and temporal investment pay dividends in visible and invisible ways.<br /><br />In short, how much time and money would you invest in becoming a better person?Kamilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12216057008638038108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-56578686690942336492014-03-04T05:40:23.081-08:002014-03-04T05:40:23.081-08:00I think one underlying concept here is "Trade...I think one underlying concept here is "Trade off". The trade off is the cost associated with "safety". For the most part being unsafe is easier and less costly than being safe.<br /><br />Increasing your safety from love reduces the associated trade off/cost.<br /><br />Training out of fear is like starting a business out of greed. It rarely succeeds. You have to love what you do to be successful.Erik Kondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517214990308875256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-87521269809459073642014-03-03T12:38:20.225-08:002014-03-03T12:38:20.225-08:00X ring. When people ask me what the purpose of the...X ring. When people ask me what the purpose of the practice is, I tell them that the practice IS the purpose. Martial arts, shooting, running the woods, music, the study of history — I do them ALL because I love them. It's just "what I do." <br /><br />Jim Cornelius<br />www.frontierpartisans.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-31071776035454969732014-03-03T07:10:21.872-08:002014-03-03T07:10:21.872-08:00Great post. Like Alvin, this is something that I&#...Great post. Like Alvin, this is something that I'm be thinking about for a while. Nice to see it in words.<br /><br />EPEric Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440343265685992640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-59648799423134947612014-03-02T19:10:23.818-08:002014-03-02T19:10:23.818-08:00Thank you for articulating this, it is something t...Thank you for articulating this, it is something that has been ruminating in my mind for a while.<br /><br />When weighed against the eventual physical and time cost training in a relatively safe country with a relatively safe lifestyle, I realized that I'd be injured more doing self-defense training than anything else, and I might be better off spending my time and energy at the gym building up my fitness and health.<br /><br />Yet, at the same time, there's no denying that I've loved the martial arts from young.Alvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-22757088392833011392014-03-02T19:10:07.325-08:002014-03-02T19:10:07.325-08:00Thank you for articulating this, it is something t...Thank you for articulating this, it is something that has been ruminating in my mind for a while.<br /><br />When weighed against the eventual physical and time cost training in a relatively safe country with a relatively safe lifestyle, I realized that I'd be injured more doing self-defense training than anything else, and I might be better off spending my time and energy at the gym building up my fitness and health.<br /><br />Yet, at the same time, there's no denying that I've loved the martial arts from young.Alvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-75597861610587567152014-03-02T17:13:37.462-08:002014-03-02T17:13:37.462-08:00I dig thia... Nice.I dig thia... Nice.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442291413404618813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-43224900269203556762014-03-02T16:43:43.723-08:002014-03-02T16:43:43.723-08:00Sweet post, Rory.
Playing Devil's Advocate he...Sweet post, Rory.<br /><br />Playing Devil's Advocate here -- does training for the love of training apply only to the warrior mindset, or can it also apply to the the thug/criminal mindset (where "training" involves learning on the fly and adapting for daily survival, either on the streets or in a prison environment)? This then begs the question of: What's the difference?Tiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353406161801417939noreply@blogger.com