Martial Behavior

We had a truly great class on Sunday. I think everyone will agree with me on that.

We covered good old fashion footwork, training drills, and of course pugilism. Our students made some very true strides and gained much from our new perspective on teaching pugilism and footwork. I think everyone took something home of value.

One of the concepts we talked about was being "A Martial Person".

Let's start with some dictionary, work shall we?

Martial:
Disposed to war or war like.

The definition goes on to say:
 Latin Mārtiālis  of, belonging to Mars,equivalent to Mārti-  (stem of Mārs ) + -ālis -al¹

Arts:
1.

the quality, production, expression, or realm, according toaesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or ofmore than ordinary significance.

When you combine the two, the basic definition is:

The Production or Expression belonging to the Roman God of War.

I assure you, that when "Mars" was standing around, he didn't look like this guy:


I want you to imagine yourself in a bar. You are watching patrons move around, eat, buy drinks, dance, pick up chicks, whatever... Now imagine Mars walks in. What would he look like?  How would he stand? What would he look like buying a drink? Hitting on a girl? Dancing?

The difference between "being Martial" and "Martial arts" is simple:
If you can turn the "Martial behavior" on and off, you are a Martial Artist. If you have the behavior of a shark about to feed, you have "Martial Behavior". If you are behaving Martially all the time, you are a Martial Person.

Side Note: Martial People never get jumped. Predators know the difference.

Let me give you an example.

Here are some Martial Artists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=176SLdBhj_A
When they talk about, "Finishing it", they are talking about a tapout or a choke to black out.

Here is a truly Martial person: Fast forward to about 4 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po3Cl8uCHvs

When someone like this describes violence, it's not a hobby to him. As the interviewer explains, "to him it was just another day at the office".

I recommend that everyone watch all 6 full youtube videos that that last video links to. They are very good and you will learn about real world violence and Martial Behavior. Not just Martial Arts.

He describes with a grin: "I was righteously worshiped".

Keep training!