The cup sits empty before us.
Though few of you are ready, i shall begin my instruction. We shall start at the beginning for this is only proper. To leap ahead -- as many in this age attempt -- would be both foolish and dangerous. Budo is a journey, not a detination. Much like travel by train, the Budo journey begins slow and then picks up speed before falling into an ebb and flow to match the terrain and conditions encountered.
I shall pour some tea into the cup.
What should we know about Budo?
There are those teachers who try to impress beginners with fancy techniques. They speak of this style or that style: Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Wing Chun, Bujinkan, Genbukan, Mixed Martial Arts, Catch Wrestling, Shotokan, Tae Kwon Do, Bando, Muay Thai... When in reality there is only Budo, or Moosul, or Wuxia, or Martial Art -- the language does not matter. All true Budo lead toward the same destination.
Divisions into schools or styles is commercialization of Budo. It is of ancient vintage. And even I, the Antagonistic Buddha; the Great Sage, am not above this commercialization. For as the Immaculate One has taught, "We are living in a material wordl," and I am a material guru. Even an enlightened bodhisattva must eat on this plane. This is a truth of the reality with which we must make peace.
The cup is full. You must now empty it before our next lesson.
Thank you for spending time with the Antagonistic Buddha.
Though few of you are ready, i shall begin my instruction. We shall start at the beginning for this is only proper. To leap ahead -- as many in this age attempt -- would be both foolish and dangerous. Budo is a journey, not a detination. Much like travel by train, the Budo journey begins slow and then picks up speed before falling into an ebb and flow to match the terrain and conditions encountered.
I shall pour some tea into the cup.
What should we know about Budo?
There are those teachers who try to impress beginners with fancy techniques. They speak of this style or that style: Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Wing Chun, Bujinkan, Genbukan, Mixed Martial Arts, Catch Wrestling, Shotokan, Tae Kwon Do, Bando, Muay Thai... When in reality there is only Budo, or Moosul, or Wuxia, or Martial Art -- the language does not matter. All true Budo lead toward the same destination.
Divisions into schools or styles is commercialization of Budo. It is of ancient vintage. And even I, the Antagonistic Buddha; the Great Sage, am not above this commercialization. For as the Immaculate One has taught, "We are living in a material wordl," and I am a material guru. Even an enlightened bodhisattva must eat on this plane. This is a truth of the reality with which we must make peace.
The cup is full. You must now empty it before our next lesson.
Thank you for spending time with the Antagonistic Buddha.
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