Practice Makes a Martial Artist

Studying the martial arts is like taking out a life insurance policy. You won’t get the protection you need if you don’t make any investment. In the martial arts, your protection is your ability to defend yourself and your investment is all the time spent practicing your art.

All too often people will make a small, one-time investment in self-defense by taking a seminar or studying a martial art for a few months. While this builds confidence in their ability to defend themselves, it does little for their actual ability. Some people do invest years in the martial arts and then give it up for one reason or another. While these people may be better able to protect themselves, there is nothing that can beat the protection afforded by continuously and actively training in a martial art.

An insurance company will never consider anyone to be insured unless they are actively paying their premiums. In contrast, someone who isn’t actively participating in a martial art can’t really call themselves a martial artist; a martial arts enthusiast, but not a martial artist.

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