Friday, November 18, 2011

The Destruction Of The Sanctity Of Martial Art Dojos By The Invasion Of "Gym Culture"

PLEASE NOTE: 
# This article is related to Real Martial Art Teachers who are the Epitome of what a Martial Artist and Guru/Teacher is and related to Real Dojos that are Treated as a Temple and Place of Enlightenment.
# This article is based on Asian/Eastern Philosophies and Cultures like Indian "Guru Shishya Parampara" and very identical Chinese and Japanese Philosophies which 
may seem too silly, orthodox, or promoting "Teacher Worship", etc  for people of Western Culture to understand.
# This article has been inspired by all the indiscipline, protocol violations, disrespect I have been personally observing in the new gen students for my/their "Teachers" and my/their "Dojos" where I have trained and am training or visited... 

One needs to understand that, there are more deeper reasons that, don't meet the eye of people with a shallow and biased insight, as to why Traditional Eastern schools of education & art created, followed, encouraged and ensured the implementation of such Strict Protocols (and consider violating them as Taboo). t gives the Teacher the much needed control and necessary distance in order to prevent any possible Unproductive Talk, Unhealthy Relationships, Indiscipline, Disrespect, Disturbance in the Decorum of the dojo etc.
THE BEST PART OF IT IS THAT, DEDICATED AND GOOD STUDENTS FOLLOW THESE PROTOCOLS NOT OUT OF FEAR OR AS A MEANS OF BUTTERING, BUT OUT OF PURE LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THEIR TEACHER AND THEIR DOJO AND SO TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN IT.

ITS SAD TO OBSERVE HOW GYM CULTURE HAS INVADED THE DOMAIN OF ALMOST ALL MARTIAL ARTS BEING PRACTICED IN THE WORLD TODAY AND HAS POLLUTED & PERVERTED THE PURITY, SANCTITY & DISCIPLINE OF MARTIAL ART DOJO'S IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE...

Lets discuss some of the most common ones:
1) Violations Against Teachers:
A Martial Arts Teacher who teaches us to defend ourselves not just Physically but Mentally & Spiritually as well and is actually more than a guide for life, but for many he/she is no different from a Coach in the Gym.
What a Martial Art Teacher actually is?
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The moment a Teacher becomes friendly towards his/her students they start committing all the worst protocol violations that one can think of...
  • Teachers are no longer addressed by their Respectful Titles "Sensei", "Shifu", etc and are replaced with very informal means of addressing, in worst cases they are even called by their first names.
  • No longer are the Protocols and Limitations in Physical Contact/Interaction respected by the students.
  • No longer do Students maintain silence when their Teacher is talking... They have their own important things to discuss.
  • No longer do Students observe their Teacher when he is demonstrating as they have better or too many more important things on their minds.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR STUDENTS TODAY, A TEACHER IS NO LONGER A TEACHER FOR LIFE... (Many PARASITIC STUDENTS just come to take/steal the Teacher's knowledge and then dump their Teachers or worse use it against them)
IN FACT FOR MANY STUDENTS TODAY, A TEACHER IS NO LONGER A TEACHER OUTSIDE THE DOJO/WUSHU GUAN, OR AFTER THEY STOPPED TRAINING UNDER HIM/HER AND TREAT THEIR TEACHER LIKE HE/SHE WERE JUST ANOTHER ORDINARY PERSON THEY KNOW...

2) Violations in the Dojo/Wushu Guan...
Not following the Dojo Etiquette as Instructed by the Teacher or Seniors of the Dojo.
  • Talking Loudly, Screaming, Sing, Joking/Fooling around and not being serious in the class, What's worse is when they do it in front of the Shomen/Alter in a Dojo/Wushu Guan.
  • Swearing/Cussing and use of Profane Uncivilized Language
  • Dirty/Cheap Talk
  • Playing pranks on other students. 
  • Deliberately not putting their mobile phones in Silent and worse using their Mobile phones inside the Dojo while training is in progress.
  • Dirtying the Dojo/Wushu Guan.
  • Destroying the Dojo/Shaolin Wushu Guan or the training equipment present in it.
  • Many Students forget that a Dojo/Wushu Guan is a "PLACE OF ENLIGHTENMENT" and is as holy and pure as a Place of Worship and not a place of fashion or a place to flaunt the sexiness of their bodies, end up coming to Dojo/Wushu Guan shamelessly and immodestly dressed. (Dress Code for Beginners Learning Martial Arts...)
To be honest, it is the responsibility of the Teacher to maintain the necessary distance with his students and the responsibility of the Senior Students of the Teacher to educate the new comers and Juniors in the proper etiquette and protocols that they (as a student learning Martial Arts), must understand from their core and implement:
# in their interaction with their Teachers and
# while practising in the Dojo


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