One should not respond to circumstance with artificial and "wooden" prearrangement. Your action should be like the immediacy of a shadow adapting to its moving object

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.

 It has always been very easy for me to put on a show and be cocky, and be flooded with a cocky feeling  But to experience oneself honestly, not lying to oneself, and to express myself honestly, now that is very hard to do.

he also said that there is no such thing as one man prevailing against several assailants, & that the very best thing to do when attacked is to get away

When, in a split second, your life is threatened, do you say, "let me make sure my hand is on my hip, and my style is 'the' style?"
Why do individuals depend on thousands of years of propaganda? ? Ideals, principles, the "what should be" leads to hypocrisy.

 In combat, without the proper attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.

10/12/17