Okay...so I've never blogged before in my life, but here goes.
I'm an 18 year old San-Kyu brown belt whose life consists of training in martial arts, teaching martial arts, performing martial arts, competing in martial arts, and sleeping.
Alrighty...let's do this. Confession time.
If martial arts has taught me anything, it's this: strength of heart is infinitely more valuable than skill alone. Determination and drive will, in time, lead to an increase of skill, but skill without passion goes nowhere. I've seen so many karate demonstrations where the performers had excellent technique, but looked horrible and boring because they weren't fired up about what they were doing. Why do anything if you're not going to be fired up about it!? Martial arts is liberating and freeing and a way to release all your bottled up emotions...why not kiai at the top of your lungs? I feel the same way about Christianity. Jesus Christ died to save your SOUL. If your life is completely transformed, why limit your expression of your new life to a stupid "I love Jesus" t-shirt and continue acting like your regular old self? I believe in doing things full-hearted. If you're going to climb a mountain, get to the top. If you're going to run a race, reach the finish line. If you're going to be a Christian, be TRANSFORMED into a new creation. If you're going to do karate, scream so the whole world will hear you.
