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After forty years of intense study of the martial arts, of studying Karate and Shaolin and Aikido and other arts, one thing about learning to fight has become very apparent. This truth is that people who study martial arts forms become better fighters. And, inversely, people who don’t study classical forms don’t always become better fighters.

Luke, there is a thing called The Force. Close Your Eyes and feel The Force, Luke. May the Force be with you always and forever!

There is this thing called The Perfect Art, or The True Art or The Way. Oddly, though it is a widespread concept, there has never been a real definition for it. Until this article.

I had a fellow tell me an interesting thing the other day, he told me of a fellow who won?t let his daughter go on a date until she is a black belt in karate. Well, I have to tell you, there is more than just good, old smarts in this idea. No such thing as rape, because when this girl decides to say no…she means NO!

There is, of course, the simple yet devious concept of blindsiding. This is to sneak attack, from the rear, by misdirection, or some other means. Assuming that you are going to have enough awareness to survive and avoid the blindside, what are you going to do?

I grew up in the fifties, and this strange martial art called Karate exploded onto the scene. Frail women could use it to defend themselves against savage brutes. Even a child could use it to protect himself against grown men.

To my knowledge, no one in the history of the martial arts has asked this question. No one has ever considered the Martial arts as one big puzzle. No one has ever taken the time to assemble the puzzle and see what the martial arts really are.

Every once in a while in the martial arts one will hear of the concept of The Golden Sphere. Aikido is big on this theory, Pa Kua Chang deals with it directly, and Tai Chi Chuan done with consummate attention to detail will, eventually, create The Golden Sphere. And even those arts considered coarse and base, such as Karate and Tae Kwon Do, will, done long enough and with enough attention to detail, and with sufficient eye to the virtues of humanity, result in The Golden Sphere.

I really shouldn?t be giving you this, I should save it and write a course and sell it to you. But, call me Mister No Self control, I am compelled to blather. Here is the simple secret on how to make yourself glow using the martial arts.

Every once in a while somebody in the martial arts will come across the concept of The Golden Sphere. Aikido is big on this theory, Pa Kua Chang deals with it directly, and Tai Chi Chuan done resolutely will, eventually, create The Golden Sphere. And even those arts considered base and coarse, such as Tae Kwon Do and Karate, will, done long enough and with enough attention to detail, and with sufficient eye to the virtues of humanity, result in The Golden Sphere.

Yoon Bying In wanted to study kung fu in the worst possible way, yet the kung fu master in his town refused to teach Koreans. Time after time Yoon had been caught peeking in windows and had been chased away from the dojo. Then Yoon got a brilliant idea.

There are a lot of individuals out teaching the martial arts these days, and a lot of them call themselves Master, or give themselves other presumptuous titles. Of course, there is a big difference between talking and doing. Many of these so called masters are, quite simply, not masters.

It isnt long, after a person starts his study in the martial arts, that the student begins thinking about The True Art. At first, he is enamored by the concept, for this is like seeking the holy grail, and he is compelled to seek. As time passes, however, he becomes grizzled in his outlook, worn, jaded even, as the holy grail eludes him.

To watch the MMA fighters there is only one way to take an opponent down, and that is by rushing in low, grabbing the legs, and dumping them. Yes, this is the time honored standard, but there are other ways. Truth, if you are fighting somebody who has not concentrated on learning the attack and defense of that particular maneuver, there are lots of different ways of taking people down.

It is a loser as far as swords go. Skinny and thin, it is not able to take the bashing of force like a sabre would. Having curve only at the tip, it is not able to slice through armor as would a samurai sword.

The martial arts, if you want to be really honest, were developed in third world countries. Of course, a few centuries ago, let alone a millennia or two, every country was a third world country. The unfortunate truth this fact of reasoning leads to, however, is that the martial arts are taught using old, ancient and outdated methods.

Bruce Lee held his fist one inch from the chest of his partner, punched, and his partner flew back six feet. The Tai Chi student placed his palms on the torso of his partner, pushed, and his partner flew up into the air. The old master stood six feet away from the student and aimed his palm, and the student scrunched up, tweaked and jerked, and flew away.

Zingo bingo! Jackie Chan/Bruce Lee/Chuck Norris was the greatest! My instructor can beat your instructor with his hands tied behind his back!

That is probably the number one reason most people begin their study of the martial arts in the first place. Everybody has had that big, bad bully in their school background. Everybody would like to feel stronger and bigger, everybody wants to be free from the threat of violence.

Bruce Lee is the foremost proponent when it comes to killing the kata. “What is the value of forms,” was his question. And, the statement most famous, “Boards don’t fight back!”