Ever hear the quote, “They won the battle but lost the war.” This kind of reminds me of self-defense. I came up with the thought or you could say it kind of jumped out at me after reading the book, “In the Name of Self-Defense by Marc MacYoung.” It kind of reminded me of the mind-set or mind-state of those who teach and take self-defense training. They are often taught that the particular fight, battle or skirmish is to be won at any cost while in truth they are losing the SD war by such narrow and stagnant thinking.
You really don’t want to lose the war of self-defense because you are so intent on winning the fight at the moment. There are so many skirmishes, firefights and battles that must all be won to achieve a victory in the SD war and to ignore the whole to achieve victory over a single aspect seems, stupid.
The Urban Dictionary defines, “Won the battle, lost the war,” as when an individual or group are so concentrated, so focused on winning the fight, that they were consumed in that one win they didn’t realize till the end that it was nothing compared to the big picture that the person lost.”
In self-defense you have to face many battles starting with the one within yourself, the restraining and caging of the monkey brain. Then there are many battles to face where any one up to the actual physical can achieve victory for the war but once you enter the fighting fields you truly have to win all the succeeding battles to achieve an overall victory of the SD War.
Think about this!
Bibliography:
MacYoung, Marc. “In the Name of Self-Defense: What It Costs. When It’s Worth It.” Marc MacYoung. 2014.
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