Sunday, January 20, 2013

Part of the Martial Arts is cooking
Couple weeks ago, I learn how to make pancakes. Although, I will need supervision doing it again, I can still get started. I cannot quite cook my own dinner food yet so making breakfast should be a start. I already know how to make scramble eggs which is great. How is cooking related to the Martial Arts? To me, it's like asking how the arms is part of the human body because if you ask me such question, it tells me that you have no idea what Martial Art is.
Martial Arts encompasses everything; that makes it life. Someone who is living is not someone who limits himself or herself. A martial artist needs to be proficient in combat of course but that is only a glimpse of what martial arts is. A martial artist needs to be physically fit and healthy. How can you be fit and healthy if you do not eat properly and exercise? You might look healthy but it does not mean you are. Home cooked food is the essence of being healthy. If you do not eat healthy, chances are you are not going to be at your best. Your punches and kicks will be slow and sloppy and you will die in less than 45 seconds!
Although my passion is not cooking, I rather cook than fight for egotistical purposes. Fighting for ego is the stupidest decision anyone can ever make no matter where you go. Cooking is a more peaceful way of expression. It is also essential for our survival as human beings. I remember reading from The Art of Expressing the Human Body by Bruce Lee and John Little stated that Bruce Lee could not even boil water. Bruce Lee was a great martial artist. He inspired me to see impartially but he was not perfect. Therefore, we need to go beyond Bruce Lee and learn how to cook so we do not end up starving as Martial Artists. If Jenny can give me some cooking tips, I would be delighted. Haha. I hope my fellow martial artists cook themselves and strive towards health.

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  1. Yeah, cooking is important. I'm not much of a cook, but i've learned to mix things so it can taste better. Eating healthy can have much taste if you apply good mixes. Keep up with the cooking!!

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    1. Thanks. I will keep on learning, Steve. You keep up the good work yourself. :)

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  2. Good luck with the cooking! I usually make simple things so I don't have to buy too many ingredients. One of my favorite things to make is grilled cheese and tomato soup. You can make them with pickles, pineapples, or meat on them. I'm sure it doesn't come close to Jenny's cooking, but I like it.

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    1. Nice. If it is to your liking, you do not have to worry about Jenny. Haha. I would love to mix pineapples and meat but pickles are not my favorite. Keep up the good work by the way on your CLF forms and stuff. You are doing well.

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    2. Thanks. I'm planning on working on the CLF quite a bit this week and making another video. I'll try to get the arms too this time.

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  3. Nutrition is extremely important in a Martial Artist's development, its importance is not stressed enough. It is even more important than the physical training. We know what is healthy, we can very easily eat healthy foods, but it does not mean it will taste good. The Art of Cooking rests in making healthy foods turn into tasty foods, this is not an easy thing to do, it requires a special passion within, something I do not have, but Jenny definately does, which makes our relationship more complete.

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    1. I agree with you. I am glad you and Jenny are able to complete your relationship. I would benefit a lot if I can be in a relationship with a woman who is very passionate about cooking. Of course, I will not have to become a chef but it would nice to learn from her.

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  5. I agree, and would extend this message to our whole relationship with food and our environment. Not only is there a lot of ineptitude in food preparation, but what about food acquisition and preservation? What about growing and raising food? All of these aspects, I'm interested in, and constantly working on. My goal is to eventually separate myself from the global food trade, and live completely off local fare that I've hunted, fished, trapped, snared, grown, harvested, dug, gathered, preserved and prepared myself. And I don't think I'll have to become some kind of weird social recluse to do it. You could take the best fighter in the world, or the greatest athlete, drop them off in the natural world, and they'd very likely starve. I look at it as training in the ability to respond to any situation as a full human being... and a full human being should at least be able to survive in the natural regions we call our homes. Plus, I do think the best nutrition comes from eating what's in season in our local environments

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    1. Well said. Being able to survive in any situation is part of the Martial Arts.

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