A Lifetime's worth of growth, wisdom and knowledge
It has long been suggested that by training in the martial arts one can develop increased will, increased confidence, the ability to reduce stress, greater strength, flexibility, increased energy, heightened mental awareness (both focus and memory), the ability to protect yourself and loved ones, increased coordination, and so forth. You need only do a quick internet search or look through the yellow pages of a phone book to see all the espoused benefits of the martial arts. While I find many of the promised benefits to be at least partially true; I do however find that some of the promises are not completely accurate. Unfortunately, this mystique has also brought forth a plethora of charlatans, and “businessmen” interested only in getting rich by “selling the secrete killing art of such-and-such”. Some of these offers and scams are quite obvious and read like the advertisements that at one time appeared in the back pages of comic books. Others are subtler, and much more difficult