| How's your mental attitude? Has martial arts | | | | disappointments comes with martial arts training. |
| helped train your mind? Someone cuts you off in | | | | Martial Arts Strength of Mind |
| traffic. Yes, it's another one of those unsafe | | | | Approach your martial-arts training as if it's |
| cellphone drivers. Then, at work, someone spills a | | | | teaching you to have a stronger mind with a |
| little coffee on your papers. By accident. | | | | positive mental attitude (sorry, if that sounds |
| Back in the car, you notice that your son left | | | | corny): When training starts, all the cares of the |
| gum stuck to the upholstery in back. All the little | | | | outside world are left behind. You focus on training |
| frustrations in life. But is any of this really worth | | | | -- not on the argument you had with someone |
| getting upset over? | | | | outside of class. |
| No. | | | | Martial Arts acts as your oasis -- your buffer. |
| Not in the scheme of life on this planet. It's | | | | I am not saying to avoid getting mad. Anger is a |
| unfortunate that 'crud' befalls us all. So, you get | | | | necessary part of life. A disciplined mind has no |
| dumped on from time to time. Don't let that | | | | problem compartmentalizing the anger. It doesn't |
| affect your overall mood. Maybe comment on the | | | | seep over into other areas of your life. And if |
| problem; get immersed in fixing the problem; even | | | | someone angers you during class, it doesn't have |
| whine during the analysis of the problem, if you | | | | to ruin your whole lesson. Deal with it, then drop |
| must -- but as soon as a course of action is | | | | it. Move on. |
| determined, whining stops. | | | | Never be weak enough to allow the one |
| And even if you are disappointed about any of | | | | occurrence to infect your mood for the rest of |
| the vicissitudes of life, this doesn't change your | | | | the class period. |
| activities and behavior -- how you practice martial | | | | Be strong. |
| arts, treat your family, or deal with any other | | | | It's easy, once you decide this is how you always |
| problem, project, or unexpected occurrence. | | | | behave. |
| This kind of separation, of calm reaction to | | | | |