Shorinji Kempo The True Strength
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SHORINJI KEMPO as a way to cultivate true strength:
No matter how much you may want to help people in distress, if you yourself are weak then you cannot help someone else. To become strong, not only do you need to strengthen your body, but also to foster an indomitable spirit, one that will neither flinch nor collapse regardless of the hardships. To have true strength is to have established a reliable self. SHORINJI KEMPO aims to achieve such true strength.
Physical techniaues are only a means:
The aim of the practice of SHORINJI KEMPO is to become a person who is strong both physically and spiritually. You must not forget this, not give yourself over solely to competion to be the most technically skillful or physically strong, nor become obsessed with defeating opponents. If defeating opponents were your only goal, then you would have no need for unarmed combat skills; it would be far easier to use some kind of weapon. The point of mastering the techniques of SHORINJI KEMPO is that it brings the kind of confidence that comes from knowing you can physically protect yourself without resorting to weapons.
So long as you do not think you have lost, then you have not :
Suppose that at some point you were overcome by an opponent -as long as you remain alive, and provided that you do not think of yourself as having been defeated, then it is not a true defeat. Similarly, in the course of life you might make mistakes, but your quality as a human being is not determined by whether you make mistakes or not -rather, by whether you can pick yourself up again afterwards. If at any point you say to yourself, “I am a useless parson,” then that is a true defeat. To carry on vigorously living your own life, it is important that you acquire an unconceited, realistic self-confidence.
Always be able to rely on your self -”Within self, my self finds recourse” :
Each person is given just one life, and cherishes it. A feeling of self-worth comes with having the courage to take responsibility for saying when you dislike something or see something as wrong, and having the strength to put these things right; it involves initiative, and a belief in your own potential. All this requires a well founded confidence. True strength means possessing a confidence and courage that cannot be bought for money, nor seized by any authority, and establishing a self which will always respond in time of need. Moreover, it means taking action with concern not merely fot yourself, but for the happiness of people around you.
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