PERSPECTIVE: No One

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One... a singularity... the way is believed and perceived as “one”... but is it? The true answer is NOT a simple yes -or- no answer.

All things begin wit one starts off with the self AND is merely the key to open our paradigm to allow everyTHING to be assimilated into the one, into our wholehearted way that is a collective of others.

No “one” is an island is true and everyone is an island is also true. The moment of birth begins a process is becoming a self and becoming one of many through the sensory system that feeds the one and trains the one the importance of the many.

We perceive, we are taught and trained and we are a collective that is one, the self and the influences of the group that makes us “one!”

Even the one that is the individual is not truly just “one” BECAUSE the individual is made up of the collective many, I.e., muscles, cells and atoms, oh my, and it is only the many that allows us as one to exist and function.

There are limits on the many. Families are sacrosanct, the group is limited on size and structure that allows it to survive and when the balance is tilted the group fails, society is the same way and is limited on its size ratio for survival. Like humans, when cells multiply, indiscriminately, the body begins to fail… this is sometimes called cancer. When social constructs become unwieldy they tend to seek the proper level of water, they seek that level that nature intended to ensure survival. Then nature takes over and the best way for nature to bring things back into balance is through attrition and sometimes removal of the entire social structure leaving behind those who understand the need to remain within natures guidelines for survival. In short, “all things (ALL THINGS) in moderation.” 

We need one another, we can still be individuals and the construct of that paradigm ensures our safety, security and survival. To ensure our individual survival we have to moderate what it takes to survive from our environmental influences, to our health and fitness and to our group structure and dynamics both below and above the immediate group consisting of family and often other families. 

A dojo for self-defense may be taught in a model that promotes the individuals achievements and that is a good thing YET to truly survive in a defensive situation it takes more than the individual. A dojo exist and survives when it has one or more of those who lead, one or more of those who would follow that lead and the many who work as a team, a group dynamic, toward achieving an objective in self-protection. Yet, when one is trained in the methodologies/techniques of self-defense is is almost exclusively one agains one or one against several, i.e., two, three and maybe four. It focuses on the “one” and even in a group attack against one, that one survives almost always on luck with a smattering of other factors also about luck, i.e., do they work or not work before, during and especially after? 

How many studio’s train two or more individuals to use group dynamics to achieve success? The argument may often be, but if we are in a group we are safe. Is that true, mostly yes unless another group sees some benefit from facing-off with your group. Another good example is about the mob, another great article out there inspired this thought. What if you attend a rally or a collective of others for some purpose even it only entertainment, do you train your folks to rely on those who attend with you. After all, in a group it only takes two or three to really infect the entire group one way or the other. What is your plan, have you trained with those who are with you how to survive a mob action and do you have both an escape and evade plan that you can use all of your group to achieve success. Does you training address how to do that both with those you know and those who you don’t especially those who you don’t train with? 

No one is an island and that is critical to understand when protecting and defending against conflict and violence. Don’t just address what YOU need to know and do as an INDIVIDUAL, take into account all the weapons your environment provide you, like bringing in the minds and hearts of others to get the job done.

Example, how you act, what you say and how you apply your skills can and will be used for and against you if you have to apply your martial skills in a violent way to be safe, secure and mostly unharmed, right? In this small way you are including those around you in an indirect way to support your perspective of the situation. You are bringing in, often unwilling, others to provide you with self-protection… especially the aftermath that follows. 

A perspective! 

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