Martial Arts Business

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The martial arts business side does not exist in a vacuum, devoid of all its histories and teachings. Martial arts traditional teachings are very important to the combative arts and actually change them from just another sport into a way of life. All martial art styles teach a philosophy of living, a way to apply discipline and self enlightenment into your daily routines. To ignore that search is doing martial arts a grave injustice.

Have you ever heard of the Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi? In it, Musashi talks about the way of samuai way of life in feudal Japan. It's easy to discount this book as pointless and useless in today's modern world. However, don't throw away such a fountain of martial arts history. The principles listed in this book are just as applicable today as ever. Martial arts traditional teachings are about finding a way to apply self discipline and enlightenment to your every day life.

Musashi divides his strategies into the classic five elements that can be easily applied to martial arts business: Ground, Water, Fire, Wind and Void (spirit). Each of these strategies has the qualities of the elements they are named after.

Ground represents strategy. This element provides the foundation upon which all the others are built. Ground is all about seeing the "big picture", like reading a roadmap that gives you the lay of the land.

Water teaches us how to be adaptable in any situation. Through Water, we learn how to flow around our obstacles to reach our goals. Water is probably the single most powerful element next to Wind, or air. Water can slowly wear away anything in it's path, it can also nourish and give life.

Fire is all about energy, fighting and a strong will to succeed. You can have a helpful fire that brings warmth and the spark of inspiration to others, or you can have a brush fire -- a raging inferno that destroys everything in it's path. Sometimes destruction is a necessary evil, as you get rid of what is no longer working to make way for new life to grow.

Wind is tradition. Wind teaches us to remember our roots, where we've been and how we got here. Wind also teaches focus. It makes us realize when we have blown off course and need to get back on track.

Finally, there is Void. As Bruce Lee said in Enter the Dragon, "Don't think. FEEL. It is like a finger pointing away to the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory." Void is all about the journey, not the destination. While it is good to have goals, you shouldn't be so focused on the end result that you fail to see the whole process. Learn how your project or business works, find the rhythm and use it to your advantage. The martial arts business hasn't forgotten any of these principles and it's been around for thousands of years.

Keep in mind that even though these philosophies apply to the martial arts business, there's no reason to shy away from applying them to your normal business life. You can see how each element represents things that are wonderfully useful -- not just for the combative arts, but for your every day life. How much better can your life be when you apply strategy, adaptability, energy, tradition and spirit? Indeed, traditional martial arts teaching is a wonderful thing to have and know.

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