My goal for this thread is to express to you folks that the fighter who is really a warrior thinks differently than most folks do including the majority of martial artists. Fighter/warriors train differently too. The warrior only cares about the most efficient, effective, and usable tools and skills at his disposal to perform his unspeakable deeds of destruction and mayhem. He only cares about dominating the battlefield and destroying his enemy as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
While most folks are saying to themselves “I am glad I wasn’t there” when hearing of some terrible tragic violent event the fighter (the warrior) on the other hand is saying to himself, “I wish I could have been there, maybe I could have made a difference”. The fighter doesn’t necessarily go looking for trouble but always present in the back of his mind is the secret wish that trouble will find him.
As a fighter/warrior I certainly have to fight with my darker side on a daily basis. Also, I have a hard time connecting to the majority of the human race because the majority of folks don’t get what makes us tick because we often look like the wolf, act like the wolf and are dangerous like the wolf. Folks get concerned even scared when they see what the warrior can do because they themselves could never do what he can do.
Anyone can choose to be a warrior or choose to be something else, it is really a choice. Yes, you can choose, no you do not have to join the Army and become a Ranger and go fight in Iraq. Yes, you do have to make concessions to life style, you have to commit yourself to a high standard of work ethic and sacrifice and bleed for it. No one is born a warrior anymore than someone is born to be a victim. Whatever your decision is please do not confuse martial arts or square range shooting with fighting. Warrior hood is not the path for the weak minded or for those who choose to live there lives in denial, it isn’t a part time hobby, it is a mindset and a 24/7/365 way of life. The warrior is very comfortable entering dangerous places and is very familiar with violence.
The mind is what makes the warrior, his eagerness to walk no, sprint into harms way is what makes him such an enigma to the masses, and his willingness to flip the switch drag racing to violence is what makes him so dangerous.
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