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TWO HANDS CLAP MAKING A
By Henry Binerfa SOUND; WHAT IS THE SOUND
Martial Science
Magazine Director OF APPLAUSE WITH ONE
HAND?
Martial arts have shown that they are more than a set of teach-
ings for war or fighting. For many it is difficult to understand
how something as contradictory as teaching the art of war can
turn a person into someone who loves peace. But undoubted-
ly martial arts are an instrument of education. An education
different from those of ordinary schools, but equally effective.
Perhaps one of the most characteristic ways of his teachings is
the transmission without words inherited from Buddhism. The
“The truth is that some birth of the Chan or Zen school, which in its beginnings was
strongly rooted in martial arts, began when the Buddha ex-
things can not be explained tended his hand and taught his disciples a lotus flower without
saying a word. All were confused, did not understand the mes-
in words, because naming sage that the Buddha wanted to transmit, only his disciple Ma-
them would lose their hakashyapa smiled, had understood. What had Mahakashyapa
understood?
essence.”
Today is still a mystery, the scholars have written many versions,
the truth is that some things can not be explained in words, be-
cause naming them would lose their essence. The truth is that
martial arts has many mysteries and sincere students have to
learn to read between lines, many ancient styles have hidden
teachings and not precisely super powerful techniques or para-
lyzing blows. They are small initiation tests that like a thermom-
eter tell the teacher that student is prepared for the next level.
Everything in the martial arts has a symbolism, and everything
aimed at making a man more noble.
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