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Martial Arts: the effect of personal and cultural values.

1,127 views · Published 7 October 2014 · 24:51 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: Swordsage · 2014 · Entertainment

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One of my subscribers brought up an interesting topic during a short Skype conversation on Martial Arts and modern day misinterpretations on the concept of honor in these arts. He touched on the fact that many times, the ideas of honor and other ethical values that people tend to believe about Martial Arts may have actually come from a particular teacher's own personal views and morals. It's a pretty good point: many times the ideas, values, ethics, and notions of honor we may think is an intrinsic part of a particular martial art's heritage may in fact just be the ideas of one influential person, or of a particular time period where such things may have mattered for reasons we may not really need in these days and times. This video is pretty much me musing on that notion, and how one person's perspective may alter an martial art; not just in the ethics taught with it, but how it may even alter the art itself. Hopefully this should inspire some engaging discussion.

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