Haughty

Defined: "Arrogantly superior and disdainful ... having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy."

Attitude mean a lot. One's attitude can mean the difference between good-n-bad with a lot of degrees between one extreme and the other. Good to me is the far end called "Yin." Bad is the opposite end called "Yang." I speak of this as haughtiness is the Yang to Humilities Yin. The balance point or closer to the Yin of Humility seems a better path.

So many new principles have been added to my view of the martial arts that this one point seems important when I tell you that some comments I have fielded from various martial yahoo groups amount to a defined arrogant attitude. This disappoints me a lot because it also means that this person may never truly go beyond the unmovable point they set within themselves.

I believe that all martial training is to be tempered with those traits that provide us the means to control and use the dangerous/lethal aspects of martial arts. It is ok to have a bit of pride in what you do yet when you let it create a superior/arrogant demeanor then the person and those who follow lose. Maybe not now, but you can bet with that attitude the time will come when someone will place a new paradigm roughly upon them.

To me a chief fundamental of self defense if you go with the avoidance aspects is humility with confidence leaving antagonistical attitudes where they do no harm then this is important to cultivate as one progresses. 

Am I incorrect in my assumptions?