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philosophies, as well as beliefs fficult world we live in. Recently
from Shintoism, Buddhism, there have been developments
etc... in a series of modern systems
applied to street or military
In their origins, martial arts combat. Those systems present
seeks practical efficiency and simpler programs to achieve
resolution of conflicts as fastly efficiency in less time, as well as
and consistently as posible, as to decrease the time a student
well as developing an ability needs to face a possible real ag-
that will no doubt take time to gression, since these programs
achieve, but will be reached with are designed to teach security
time and perseverance. That and military personel.
said, each person must use their
own personal tools. Once we’ve Hakuda Jutsu also shares this
achieved this. Is this all? Is our vision that the student should
training finished? Nothing far learn the biggest number of
from reality It has just begun. skills in as little time as possi-
ble, since personal defense is
Martial arts are much more our main goal and you never
than they appear, since they not know when you might need
he main purpose of only teach to win a combat, but them.
Tmartial arts is efficiency also overcome our more difficult
during combat. struggles in life. However, we must not over-
look the development of other
In fact, this was the original re- A correct personal defense does atributes, such as ethical and
ason for its creation. However, not have to be just physical, philosophical ones, wich I per-
martial arts were influenced by but also psychological, even sonally consider as necessary as
those cultures where they origi- spiritual, in order to face life’s the other ones, since they repre-
nated and impregnated by their obstacles to survive in this di- sent the other half of the same
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