The martial art of horting as a philosophical category
It is generally accepted that martial arts is not only a system of self-defense, but also contains elements that can be called spiritual. The spirituality of a student who is engaged in martial arts is to a certain extent specific, and can be positively formed only due to the existence of a strong positive philosophy. In general, what is philosophy? The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek fileo - I love and shofia - wisdom. Philosophy is a general worldview theory, the object of knowledge of which is the relationship between man and the world, and man and the world are considered in their most general and most essential characteristics. The subject of philosophy is the relationship of human thinking to his existence. Philosophy is both a system of knowledge, that is, an orderly and holistic set of them, and a search for solutions to fundamental worldview questions, because they are inexhaustible and it is impossible to finally answer them. This is indicated by the very word "philosophy" - not just "wisdom" as complete, "ready-made" knowledge, but "love of wisdom", a constant striving for a complete understanding of the essence of the world and the essence of man himself. The dependence of consciousness on the state and activity of the brain leaves no doubt that with the onset of death and the disintegration of the brain, consciousness also disappears, and in the physiological sense, speculations about the immortality of the soul are devoid of any basis.
Recognizing indisputably the brain as an organ of thinking and, therefore, consciousness, it is necessary to emphasize again that the brain does not itself give rise to thoughts, but the person, whose organ is the brain. Combat horting, as a deep teaching, real combat improvement according to its methods adds understanding that a person is not a "thinking device", but a living being, the pinnacle of biological evolution, a member of society, a subject of practical activity, cognition, communication, moral and other relations, and most importantly - that a person who works on himself and educates himself can comprehend and feel the meaning of his life, set a goal for himself and go towards it. A person is not born with consciousness.
According to the philosophy of combat horting, the human soul is a "clean slate" on which the Teacher can write the Path, and the surrounding conditions can correct it. But only a person himself can improve his skills and abilities throughout his life. The emphasis on the need to be a winner by any means and at any cost has largely destroyed the noble ideal of sportsmanship in the modern educational and training process. Sports these days may be good only for physical exercise, but they do not train the whole person. On the other hand, the practice of combat horting, its variety of techniques, cultivates courage, sincerity, loyalty, generosity and beauty, and also makes the body strong and healthy. The soul, according to the philosophy of combat horting, does not precede its specific content, but is formed together with the person. A person does not inherit a soul, which is not consciousness, but, being a thinking being, he becomes what he wants, mastering human forms and the way of objective activity, entering into communication with other people, assimilating historically developed forms and the content of our local culture, including combat. Animals have a psyche, subjectivity, but it is hardly correct to attribute to them the ability to perfectly reflect reality. The ideal is characterized by those features about which it can be said that a person possesses and operates with his ideal images, his material property, his life's possessions - spiritual wealth.
To understand the ideal as a specifically human form of reflection, it is important to take into account the following circumstance: it is not only a reflection of the existing, given, but also of the revealed possibilities that lie within a person, a prediction of what should appear as a result of purposeful human activity. In the form of the ideal - images, understandings, plans, plans, ideas - not only what exists is reflected, but also what should be, reality - not only as it is, but also as it can and should be. Such an understanding of the ideal reveals that aspect of this concept, the origins of which can be found already in the deep philosophy of martial horting: the ideal, as an idea of that model to which reality should correspond, of complete perfection - absolute perfection. Combat horting does not guarantee a person will achieve such absolute perfection, but this is precisely what the philosophy of combat horting is for, to provide a person with certain correct guidelines for achieving the level of perfection that a person aspires to, in accordance with their goal.
Very often you can hear from people that it is impossible to do this, and that is also impossible, and why - no one can really explain, referring to someone's previous unsuccessful experience or an incident that has already happened. Yes, fear and lack of faith, in advance, create a certain hopelessness in people, forcing them to accept circumstances, retreat and give up in the face of difficulties. The philosophy of combat horting orients a person to a completely different point of view, and the lives of many successful people are proof of this. Losing in a fight is not at all scary. But something else is scary - giving up without even starting the fight on the path to success - to your goal.
In combat horting gyms, trainers help students work on what is sometimes called the impossible, and help them find themselves, work on their spiritual state. Finding strength of spirit and confidence, they are able to always challenge and win, to endure those difficult circumstances, even when everything is against them – that is the true result of studying the philosophy of combat horting. Every good student someday becomes a teacher, but he has a whole life ahead of him to comprehend the difficult path of self-improvement, which he once embarked on, as someone would say by chance, and from which he has not left for many years – and will continue to follow it. Daily persistent exercises will temper the spirit, give self-confidence, help to fight the difficulties of life, teach to win and achieve success even where it was almost impossible to win.
The philosophy of combat horting teaches what it means to believe and go to the end. If a person accepts this path into his heart, believes in the true path of combat horting, decides to go to the end – he will become strong and learn to fight. Some, not very morally hardened people, succumbing to unexpected complications in life, will fall into despair, and a guy who follows the path of self-improvement through combat training of combat horting, will perceive this as another test of willpower, another peak to which he begins to climb, slowly and confidently begins to climb to his peak. Everything and everyone around is against, the difficulties are limitless, and a simple guy – a combat horting athlete, what will he do – he straightens his back, says firmly: “I will fight” – and starts moving, takes his important step forward. And, believe me, this peak will also be taken over time. There are many such examples in the lives of combat horting students, and all of them will prove once again that if you work on yourself systematically, if you cultivate a true spirit of desire, enthusiasm and creativity in yourself every day, then the impossible becomes possible. You can defeat a person, but you can never defeat their spirit and faith, and therefore, these concepts form the basis of the philosophy of combat horting.
But in real life, you can often see when a person who has not gone a certain way, has not tempered his spirit, has not acquired the necessary strong-willed qualities, gives up halfway and gives up in advance, without using the potential of his character. The reason for such an ending lies, first of all, in a misunderstanding of the holistic path and the true ultimate goal. This person does not understand and does not see the goal “where to hit”, he is poorly oriented in deep relationships between people and looks at these relationships superficially.
Translating this into the plane of understanding the path of combat horting, we can give the following example: many have been engaged in other martial arts for several years, have certain regalia and wanted to raise their level even higher – to master the system of combat horting. In communication with them, one can understand that their entire path is jogging, hitting the punching bag, pumping up muscles with a barbell, sometimes participating in competitions. But when they take several seminars on combat horting, delve into the philosophy and psychology of combat horting, take part in competitions where the widest arsenal of techniques is allowed, these sports specialists begin to understand that for further development and improvement of the technical and tactical level they lack knowledge, and most importantly - there was no methodology for achieving high sports results - there was no real path of martial arts. After the seminars, they look pale, their former confidence and spirit, which they demonstrated during theoretical classes and conversations, are no longer visible. They themselves are happy to become students of combat horting masters.
To do this and move from one martial art to another is not an easy task, but they gradually get used to the hard training, overcome themselves in this matter and remain in the combat horting clubs, not regretting it. Such actions must be appreciated and asked not to criticize their past schools, but to continue training and comprehend the path of combat horting, starting from a clean slate in the spiritual plane, since in the physical these people have already acquired some experience, and it must be respected. After some time, these people not only reach the level of their former qualifications, but also make steps far forward in studying a new universal style of fighting, gaining deep knowledge of the philosophy of combat horting and the methods of physical hardening. Being able to perform throws and painful techniques well, knowing suffocating grips, raising your legs high, waving your arms, pumping up your muscles, breaking many hard objects, and even becoming winners in sports competitions in combat horting is not yet the goal of the true Path, but only a small stage, what is important is what kind of life you live and what principles you are guided by in life.
The path of combat horting is not so much technical skill and physical strength as wisdom and fighting spirit. The fighting spirit of combat horting embodies the Strength and Honor of a person, a sense of beauty and love, invincible will and natural inner energy. These are two sides of the same coin and harmony that permeates the entire path of knowledge and improvement on the path of combat horting. Engaging in the sport of combat horting, each person becomes a winner not only of competitions, but a winner over himself. When practicing combat horting as a martial art, each person learns to set goals for themselves and tries to achieve them over time. Good physical results are the limit of many people's aspirations, especially in a regular sport. But in martial arts, combat horting is only a stage, not the goal of the school. To be a master of combat horting means to be a strong and noble person, from whom positive energy of strength and the radiant light of knowledge would emanate. It is impossible, when practicing combat horting, to be one on the horting in the gym, and the other outside its walls, to say one thing and do another. Each combat horting coach bears personal responsibility for the upbringing of each student he trains, first of all specifically before the school, team, family, and in a philosophical sense - before the entire human society.
The coach also teaches the student to be able to stand up for himself, for the honor and dignity of the family, if necessary. There are many people in the world, and all people are different. Thus, in reality, we cannot avoid considering broader considerations such as how we live our lives, whether we should expose ourselves to potential danger, and what we can do to reduce the level of violence in our society. These questions have always been and are part of the philosophy of combat horting, but are often dismissed as unimportant by people with one-sided views on training. People with a superficial view of combat horting want to extract the most effective methods from its arsenal and abandon many of its philosophical provisions. But the main goal of combat horting is not to win competitions, but to cultivate a personality.
It is always nice for a trainer to hear words of gratitude from parents, grandparents for helping to raise their children and grandchildren. They thank combat horting trainers for the fact that children become better, more well-mannered and more independent, begin to study better at school, give up bad habits, help parents with small chores around the house. Let them learn to help in small matters in childhood, and when they grow up, they will help in big and important family matters. Kindness towards others, respect towards teachers, and respect for parents are firmly embedded in the lives of combat horting students, and the trainers are proud of this result. Yes, this is the main intermediate result at this stage of learning the philosophy of combat horting. Of course, there are exceptions, sometimes there are those who commit bad deeds or, worse, crimes, but combat horting trainers do not refuse them, on the contrary, they try to help and support, and later re-educate in a positive way.
Turning away, refusing and leaving is the easiest thing, but reaching out and helping, lending a shoulder is the fate of strong and noble people, this is the essence of upbringing in the system. Demandingness in education is the key not only to good education of the body and spirit, but also to achieving high results and, above all, to oneself. To overcome oneself, to get rid of bad habits and weaknesses, to change for the better are the true aspirations of the philosophy of the path of combat horting, this is the fundamental goal of each representative of the school. Constantly working on themselves, combat horting athletes strive not only for decent behavior, but also for acquiring good manners.
The principle of life - do as you would like to be done to you, is contained in the behavior and upbringing of every athlete. If a coach enters the room, you must stand up, and if the teacher offers you his hand, you must shake it with both hands, thereby expressing respect to him and demonstrating the etiquette of combat horting and the rules of good manners. This is the good that combat horting athletes strive for every day, comprehending the path of combat horting, and which extends not only to behavior in the gym, but also to ordinary life. That is why combat horting should be considered as a true, genuine philosophical category. Because it educates children and really works, it works!
Upbringing and observing a certain etiquette in combat horting is more than just performing a certain ritual or demonstrating certain rules of behavior, it is the path to true mastery and perfection of a person. The philosophy of combat horting in this direction teaches athletes to achieve success not only in sports activities, but in everything they undertake: to set goals correctly and achieve them, to effectively manage their time and successfully make a career, to raise the level of material well-being and maintain self-confidence in any, even the most non-standard life situation, and simply to get joy from the very process of life and their own achievements.
"Horting Encyclopedia"
Eduard Yeromenko
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