Sinclair Martial arts

The proper response to the N***s was not
better training for the Brownshirts.

I do not credit the tyrants for making peace, but for recognizing that it was the better move. External efforts, protests and mediators helped them to see that their end-game was a mirage. They were dragged by their own insecurities and opportunism to the negotiation.

There is no victory in destroying or conquering your enemy. Such simplistic thinking feeds the delusion that war is a finite game, and perpetuates the cycle of violence, from within and without. Such thinking merely ensures perpetual insecurity.

The credit, for any peace and its sustainability, goes to those who make the belligerents aware of global disapproval and its consequences. It goes to those who expose the weakness of distributive strategy.

We do not become secure through wasting physical and moral energy and resources on overpowering our enemy. That only makes entropy the winner, and leaves us vulnerable to other threats we don't anticipate.

It was not the great and powerful who brought this tenuous lull in the perpetual struggle. It was not the soldiers or generals. It was not the rulers. It was the many small and gentle warriors who stood up, spoke up, and acted non-violently to end the violence.

To the embattled, the terrorized, and the oppressed, violence is the emotional and instinctive solution. That is human nature. That is the so-called "common sense solution." However, "common sense solutions" are not based on deep understanding. Humanity survives largely because of our ability to transcend human nature. For this reason, the embattled, the terrorized, and the oppressed, will always depend on the support of others. They depend on the cultivation of the greater wisdom, kindness, and insight that is within us all.

The end game must not be to conquer our foe, but to make them our ally. We will never be secure so long as our neighbours are not safe. We will always have enemies unless we learn to fight for each other instead of against each other.

There are those in the USA who think that their constitution's second amendment (right to bear arms) somehow protects the first amendment (right to free speech, religion, press, assembly). People need to recognize that there is more truth in the converse. Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and the press protect the rest of the constitution far more than gun culture.

The respect and peaceful devotion to the first amendment has long protected the second, whereas the existence of the second amendment has often been a threat to the first.

As always, nuance is important, and it is never so simple as what I have just stated. There are countries where people have guns, but "don't take those guns to town" as Johnny Cash sang.

Communication and compassion are more important to a free society than power and violence, so long as the people remain fiercely devoted to the rights of their neighbours.

Quite normal , apparently. When I was in Europe I was aware of the lack of concern about wild animals when doing tai chi in the woods. In Canada, I have had bears, coyotes, wolves, deer, moose, and more watching me from the woods. But here, they apparently stroll down the street in broad daylight.

Hard to believe that it has been 20 years since I was here. The Vancouver airport has changed. Let’s see what else is different.

Ally.

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Violence is not the solution.
Violence is not the problem.
Violence is a symptom.

I will be at the Markham Pan Am Centre this weekend for the 2025 International Martial Arts Festival and National Championships. If you see me there, perhaps we can play some tuishou.

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