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Blogs by F. P. Dorchak The Art of Killing 9/30/2007 8:32:30 AMEarlier this month (around September 12th), I caught part of a movie called, Budo - The Art of Killing. It was a fascinating, mesmerizing look (I found it hard to look away) at Japanese marital arts, of which, I admit, I used to participate. But these people in this film are light-years beyond any capability I ever presumed to have attained...they are the hardcore, hardened, true martial artists who live and breathe and sleep this stuff...who can take you out with a look (or at the very least, cause you to poop your pants)--and even before you realized you were “gone.” It consumes their very souls, and as it was said in this film, those at that level will tell you you can never learn enough, never practice enough. As much as all the physical (and mental) ability always fascinated me (I’ve always been fascinated by raw power, and as a kid I saw a live demo of martial artists who broke large blocks of ice with their heads), I always wondered...what if such focused determination and intense training were applied for good. Used to create peace and nonviolence instead...how much better would the world be today, if we could harness the formidable powers of the mind (and body--and truly how far apart are they, REALLY?) in a much more less-violent direction, rather than how to kill or fillet an individual before they hit the ground? I know these individuals obviously felt a need to learn and master what they did (and I’m sure there are reincarnational ties between them and their proficiency in their chosen art, of which even on just a purely physical level there is a certain magnificence to their perfected movements, in and of themselves), or they wouldn’t have spent lifetimes mastering their art, and I understand how the arts formed as self-defense against oppressive forces, but I still can’t help but think, however naïve some may consider me...you can’t live peace if you’re constantly practicing violence.
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