14/05: Thankyou, Awareness, Service to others, Service to the Planet.
Category: Newsletters
Posted by: Sensei
Hello,
Firstly I would like to say a big thanks to all of you that read and enjoy these emails and blog entires. It's always good to get your feedback. The filter that I write through is always relating the martial arts practise to daily life. So what this means is, though the training is of a physical nature inside the dojo (training room), I use the lessons to constantly relate to using martial arts in everyday life and not just in the dojo. Sometimes this can be difficult to understandif you are not taking part in my regular classes, but thats okay as the information is universal and not unique to martial arts. I simply use the martial arts as a working surface to a greater awareness and understanding of "self".
- ANDY-
andy@northstarmartialarts.com.au
If one does not know to which port
one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
-Seneca-
AWARENESS AND MARTIAL ARTS
The first level of awareness in Northstar Martial Arts is the awareness that your physical body exists. The second level is the awareness of the body and its relationship to the space around it, and then the control of that space. (Gross Martial Arts). The third level of awareness is of your space in relation to others and how you can effect their space physically, mentally and spiritually. The last level is the most important and the glue that holds it all together. It is the most simple to learn but the most difficult to master. The awareness that I am. -ANDY-
Security in mostly superstition
it does not exist in nature
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run
than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing
-Helen Keller-
SERVICE TO OTHERS
Service plays a large part in Northstar Martial Arts. We understand that coming into a martial arts school for the first time can be quite intimidating and nerve wracking. We try to make the experience as comfortable as possible by having senior students take the time to meet and greet every one new. Real service can only be when there is nothing in return. Losing the "Little ME" and putting the needs of others first, makes for a conscious hub and NOT a business.
SERVICE TO THE PLANET
Have you seen the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" by ex Presidential candidate Al Gore? If you haven't, I highly recommend it. It is quite sobering. Our planet is so much more than what we can see, feel or touch. It is in intregal part of the universe of which we are all a part of. All of us need to start making better, educated choices that will start to make even a small difference, before we all start asking: "How did THAT sneak up on us." Start now by checking http://www.climatecrisis.net and see how YOU can start making a difference today.
No life ever grows great
until is is focused, dedicated
and disciplined.
- Henry Emerson Fosdick-
BOOK REVIEW
I have just finished a great book called "The Road" by Cormac Mc Carthy. it won the "Pulitzer Prize" for fiction 2007. the book may give you some insight as to how the world might be if we do not start looking out for eachother.
Firstly I would like to say a big thanks to all of you that read and enjoy these emails and blog entires. It's always good to get your feedback. The filter that I write through is always relating the martial arts practise to daily life. So what this means is, though the training is of a physical nature inside the dojo (training room), I use the lessons to constantly relate to using martial arts in everyday life and not just in the dojo. Sometimes this can be difficult to understandif you are not taking part in my regular classes, but thats okay as the information is universal and not unique to martial arts. I simply use the martial arts as a working surface to a greater awareness and understanding of "self".
- ANDY-
andy@northstarmartialarts.com.au
If one does not know to which port
one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
-Seneca-
AWARENESS AND MARTIAL ARTS
The first level of awareness in Northstar Martial Arts is the awareness that your physical body exists. The second level is the awareness of the body and its relationship to the space around it, and then the control of that space. (Gross Martial Arts). The third level of awareness is of your space in relation to others and how you can effect their space physically, mentally and spiritually. The last level is the most important and the glue that holds it all together. It is the most simple to learn but the most difficult to master. The awareness that I am. -ANDY-
Security in mostly superstition
it does not exist in nature
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run
than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing
-Helen Keller-
SERVICE TO OTHERS
Service plays a large part in Northstar Martial Arts. We understand that coming into a martial arts school for the first time can be quite intimidating and nerve wracking. We try to make the experience as comfortable as possible by having senior students take the time to meet and greet every one new. Real service can only be when there is nothing in return. Losing the "Little ME" and putting the needs of others first, makes for a conscious hub and NOT a business.
SERVICE TO THE PLANET
Have you seen the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" by ex Presidential candidate Al Gore? If you haven't, I highly recommend it. It is quite sobering. Our planet is so much more than what we can see, feel or touch. It is in intregal part of the universe of which we are all a part of. All of us need to start making better, educated choices that will start to make even a small difference, before we all start asking: "How did THAT sneak up on us." Start now by checking http://www.climatecrisis.net and see how YOU can start making a difference today.
No life ever grows great
until is is focused, dedicated
and disciplined.
- Henry Emerson Fosdick-
BOOK REVIEW
I have just finished a great book called "The Road" by Cormac Mc Carthy. it won the "Pulitzer Prize" for fiction 2007. the book may give you some insight as to how the world might be if we do not start looking out for eachother.
