為何是功夫？！


每天，起床後第一要做的事，就是得練拳，不管天氣多寒冷，或下大雨，身體不舒服的種種情況下，我還是非得練不可，已經這樣持續了26年，但是學的再久，功夫始終是學了一輩子還是學不完的東西。最近朋友問我：你為何要自己辛苦的練習這樣已退了流行的運動？？尤其在這個時候根本賺不了錢

小時候，練拳是爸爸的要求，我跟我兩個哥哥都要練習功夫，之所以要學功夫，是由於我們以前住的地方因為有嚴重的種族歧視的問題，黑人常受到欺負，所以先學會保護自己必然是重要的。當我在12歲的時，已經實戰了十來多次，所以，就因為我在如此在不安的社會，使我可以在每一次的打鬥經驗中得到其中的技巧和重要性，當我慢慢長大後，雖然還被看不起了，但我還是很自信的，因為功夫是讓我的腦中和精神，以及動力都變的更堅毅而強壯，我長大後才得以看清楚這些武術的深奧內涵，打敗別人是很簡單的事，但打敗自己的缺點，是每天都要經歷的過程，這原來才是生命中最難克服的戰局吧！

因為有了這個''武''的基礎，讓我能排除了在我生命中所有的疑難雜事，我不畏懼我心中所有的主意想法，無論在寫歌拍戲抑或表演，都能利用武的精神面對，一開始有人單挑我會說：我根本不怕你！，接著一群人，我還是會說：我不怕你們！我不怕這些人，我不怕自己的缺點，我更不怕失敗，因為失敗是自己承認了自己失敗，才算是真正的失敗，就算失去了工作，跟女朋友分手，考試不及格，都是個新的挑戰可以有機會讓自己變的更強，更了解真相，最重要的是功夫是如何的給你無窮的自信，方向，或是別人眼中遙不可及的夢想，這是榮華富貴也無法買到的高尚心靈，不只是成長也增長了智慧，如此珍貴的一切都是功夫賦予給我的力量，這才是我想要把武術帶給每一個人的最大原因！

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Unknown said…
COOL～
開始中文化了喔～
什麼時候有西班牙文～哈～
January 4, 2010 at 8:10 PM
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