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Martial Arts,” and it said that “the philosophy
of martial arts is to develop the body, mind,
and spirit.” This is only a partial quote: “In
other words, to be balanced as a martial
artist, this unity and harmony of these three
create a total person and eventually create
a Master.” In other words, when we talk
about the body, we're talking about it being
developed through physical training —
much exercise, training to give you strength,
endurance and power and physical ability.
Literally hours of training goes into martial
arts — literally hours of training usually on
a weekly basis. Then the mind is developed
through mental training, and this includes
meditation, which becomes one of the most
important parts of the students’ training so
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