I had a fellow write me the other day, and he told me of a fellow who won?t let his daughter go on a date until she is a black belt in karate. Well, I have to tell you, there is brilliance in this idea. No more rape, because when this girl says no…she means NO!

Can you see it happening? Little Johnny Pimpleface takes daddy?s little girl out on a date. His hands start to do their dirty, little dance across her fine flesh, and, suddenly…bam! Daddy?s little girl kung fus his noggin and knocks the sweet living bejesus snot out of our horny, little knucklehead.

Now, there is humor here, I know, but there is something else that we might take a look at. What most people don?t get is that once you get past the violence and fighting in such arts as kenpo or tae kwon do, or other martial arts, there is moral certitude. You know the difference between virtue and…non-virtue.

Oh, I know there have been people who haven?t lived up to this mnaifestation of the True Art, there have been martial arts instructors who have committed crimes, but they are just the exception. And, let?s face it, they probably weren?t studying the martial arts, they were probably just studying how to be a bully. They were scumbags, polite but still just scumbags, dressed in a martial arts uniform, and that?s all they were.

In ancient times the masters who taught the lessons of karate or kung fu or other arts used to examine and test their students to make sure no idiots could infect the art. In modern times, however, the only screening process is whether a person is willing to come up with the cold, hard cash. And, the sad truth is that most schools advertise fighting to promote their art.

The True Art has fighting in it, but that is not the intent of the teaching. The True Art is actually about the realities of physics, it requires immense patience and attention to detail, things which are not normal to the thuggish personality. And, in the end, the True Art teaches one how to perceive that actions of the world before they happen.

Oh, not some silly psychic stuff, but the ability to observe such things as appearance, body motion, and what these factors indicate are going to happen. Once little Janey has done sufficient art, and I mean the True Art, not just the fighting art, she gains the ability to see people for what they are. She will be much less prone to being fooled by a wolf in cheap…uh, sheep clothing.

So, make your daughter get her black belt in Karate or tae kwon do, or judo or ninjitsu, or whatever, before she goes on a date, but make sure she learns from a school that has some steel in the cement. Make sure that the instructor is smiling and joking, and not some lantern jawed bully talking about the need to hit first and talk later. Make sure that there is a bit of moral certitude, the ability to know right from wrong, as well as good, firm martial knowledge, in the fellow who is going to give your daughter the ability to protect herself throughout her life.

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