Learning to fight often means you don't have to fight.

[lizvogel]

Really good post over on Book View Cafe a little while ago about martial arts, internal power, and fighting or not-fighting.

Comments

[infiniteviking]

A great post; thanks for linking! "If a dangerous situation is brewing, leave" and "if you can't leave, do your best to resolve situations with words" were rules 1 and 2 when I was learning Tae Kwon Do, and the ways one learns to carry one's physical and spiritual confidence absolutely contribute to deescalating potential conflict.

[lizvogel]

Yep. Knowing you can handle a fight if you have to means you don't feel the need to prove it, and often means others don't choose to make you prove it, either.

[infiniteviking]

Exactly. Confidence in your own physicality and awareness of your environment are a powerful combination.