I have been training in Kenpo Jujitsu since August 2010 and I haven't
once looked back since. Jujitsu isn't just a sport, it's a hobby,
educational, character building and developing, team building and a way
of life. but first and foremost:
"Jujitsu is respect"
Throughout my Martial Arts journey I have seen fellow
students, coaches and combatants learn what respect means, for some it
starts as an understanding that someone is higher in the pecking order,
for others it starts as bowing to someone else's knowledge but to others
its knowing someone is a winner. After training in Martial Arts respect
becomes more, it becomes friendship, understanding, giving and taking,
helping and most of all, respect for your training partner and or team.
Without respect for each other we could never learn more than how to
build our own egos.
"The winner is the one who takes something great home"
If I asked you to talk about this statement you may interpret it in
many ways; he takes a medal home, he takes home wins, he brings his club
pride, but what I see is a reason to learn. To me this statement
demonstrates all to do with Martial Arts, to me it means that the winner
is the one who learns from their experience, win or lose, they take
home knowledge and understanding.
I now train in Traditional Kenpo Jujitsu, Brazilian Jujitsu, Kickboxing, Boxing and MMA and my journey has only just begun. |