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- From: Stovall@f88.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Stovall)
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- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Stupid Religious Views
- Message-ID: <725174873.AA07225@urchin.fidonet.org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:18:06 -0500
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- Quoting Kahled Kahn, Steve Gombosi writes:
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- SG>>the martial arts should be a religious belief comming origionally
- SG>>from the middle-east. i would immagine that the buddhist beliefs
- SG>>around which most martial arts were developed would lend more
- SG>>aid in the understanding and mastery of the arts.
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- SG>Which arts? Many Silat styles have a strong Muslim emphasis. Aikido
- and
- SG>many kenjutsu systems have significant Shinto components. There are
- SG>Buddhist, Taoist, and *MUSLIM* Chinese boxing systems...
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- What about the influence of Confucianism on the Korean martial arts,
- Christianity on boxing and television on professional wrestling? <bfg>
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- It seems to me that some of us are getting philosophy and religion
- mixed up: both offer behaviorial codes, one requires acknowledgement
- of a deity. I don't think belief in a deity is an intrinsic part
- of any martial art.
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- Off the soapbox, back into the dobok,
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- Tom
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- X SLMR 2.1a X The jawbone of an ass is just as dangerous today...
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