Fighting accompanies us every day. Everybody fights for something from grades, attention to love and many other things. As you can see fighting isn't always physical contact, you can fight in many different ways.
As the person practising Kung Fu for nearly 7 years I have noticed that the hardest part of fighting is to not fight at all. I know that it looks as if I was beating about the bush but I will try to explain it presenting two examples. To understand better this topic, it is crucial to refer to times when combats and wars happened on a daily basis.
Let's have a quick look at the quote of Sun Tzu, a Chinese philosopher, a general and the author of the oldest textbook of the art of war:
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
Sun Tzu
This supreme Chinese general and strategist tells us that you can crush your enemy even without engaging in a fight.
What about a famous Kung Fu movie star and also master of Kung Fu - Bruce Lee? In Enter the Dragon, asked about his style of fighting, he answered “The art of fighting without fighting”. Then when his bully didn’t stop, Bruce proposed to move to some bigger place by boat for a duel. Please watch these short movie fragments to know what happened next. ;)
Are we a looser if we don’t fight? As we can see here Bruce won this fight without even fighting. His advantage was a smart, fresh mind. He outsmarted his enemy because he did not think of fight as a fight.
Summarizing, the real victory isn’t measured by the power of fist but the power of your mind. It is always good to try to find another way out of trouble. Using violence against a violence isn't a way to resolve any conflict.
I hope that in my short text I have shown you the another way of thinking of a fight. :)
What do you think about fight without a fight?
Do you train any sport and what experiences have you had so far?
Have you ever had to fight?
Comments
Now I train at a gym and I think that's also some kind of fight. First of all you have to fight witch your way of thinking and a voice in your head witch says "Oh, common, you don't have to train today, you are tired and exhausted after a hard day at work". No, you have to be consistent and do everything the best you can.
As a girl, I have never had opportunities to fight with someone, because there's always some friend near who would love to show up and be a 'hero'.
It is not about escaping from battle like a coward but using power of your enemy as your advantage.
As you said there is always some reason why people wants to fight and the most difficult part is to find why they want to fight.
Of course in some situations there is no other option than to fight but I always try to finish it before conflict get in the wrong direction.
As Uncle Ben (Spiderman) said:
"With great power comes great responsibility"
Nothing more to add I think ;)
Of course in such situation that someone attacks you without any question you should know how to defend yourself but such situations are minority. In most cases there is some small indicator that someone would do something stupid or wants to attack/engage conflict with you.
Couple of times in primary school and mostly in the city center after going to clubs. Where everyone is drunk and everyone is seeking to find any reason to fight.
When it’s possible you should mentally break your opponent. The physical attack should always be the last thing that you do when you want to defeat your opponent.
+1 for Bruce Lee tho.
Still, quite interesting topic, thanks!
There would always be problems we need to deal with and some of them you cannot omit.
The art of fighting without fighting is not only martial art concept but also the way of living. It tells you that you should always see what will happen with the steps you have taken.
It don't say that you should always escape fights and run away, it teaches you how to deal with them. ;)
Thanks ;)
I don't know much about the art of fighting, but as far as I know, there are the ways to defeat the aggressive man without causing the injuries. The idea is to stop him from attacking. I think all the boys should learn how to do it, or as the men in the future they couldn't protect themselves and their families.
But this is a great stupidity to fight only to impress the girl or your friends. Sure, if you can avoid the fight - you should.
When you stay calm your opponent will see that he can't threaten you and he will rethink if it is a good idea to mess with you ;)
In kung fu we have saying:
It is better fight than to be beaten,
it is better to hurt than to be hurt,
it is better kill than be killed.
Unfortunately I do not train any sport, and sport Develops know not only the body but also brain and teach us a lot - Especially martial arts. I wonder to join capoeira class. It is a brazilian martial arts based on dance. Could be fun and developing experience how to fight without fight.