Ron,
On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Ron Kulp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jc in response to Ron's assertion that martial arts helped him with > being in the moment: > > > Lol. Yeah, every once in a while there's nothing like a karate chop > > upside the head, to help kids learn how to behave. > > > > I took San Soo Kung Fu, for a couple of years but it didn't influence my > > child rearing that much beyond taking a full horse stance when giving > > piggy-back rides. > > Ron: > Then you really missed the most fundamental part of martial arts. > Paying attention to the now of experience. It also sounds like > You were a pretty terrible student > ..you did nothing but hold a horse stance. Jc: I was surprised at how much better my posture was on the job too, using my skill saw, etc. Balance is everything, in martial arts and that part was of great use but since I never get in any fights, the "martial" part was largely useless to me. > Judging by that comment > The instructor probably didn't trust you with much else. > Jc: San Soo was different than I expected. I expected belts and the ability to break boards and stuff but all that is garbage inherited from Japanese perversions of the art, at least according to my instructor, Dan Pastre, student of Jimmy Woo who brought the teaching over from China. > But what really made everything > Sync up with MOQ is how patience > Awareness and observation figured > Heavy in how when and where we act. > This applied to raising children also. > There is a certain amount of allowing them to grow and a certain art to > stepping in and guiding them at the > Appropriate moment. > > > The proof of the pudding is in the eating. My kids are all doing well and we have a great relationship and I've never lost a fight. But somehow I guess I stepped on the wrong toes here and a rancorous dialogue is no fun at all. So I'll just shut up for a while. John > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > -- "finite players play within boundaries. Infinite players play *with* boundaries." Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
