Be proud!

If you are a martial artist, be proud of yourself. There may not be anything else you ever do in your life in which you will be a part of the 1%. That's right, you are part of a very small fraternity about 5% of adults in the U.S. have done martial arts and of that only 1.25% do it regularly. It measures out to about 1% in the entire world according to some statistics. The large majority of people either can't, won't, or don't understand the value of training in some form of MA. I sometimes think people have a bit of a warped perception of MA. "Man I can't be out there kicking and punching", "I don't want to roll around with someone on the floor that's gay", even if you do Jiu Jitsu you are somehow you are like Bruce Lee. I'm not sure where all that comes from but I have to assume it's just ignorance and stereotypes.

What we do goes beyond punching and kicking. We create peace and comradery through discipline and pain. We find balance in our imperfections everyone doesn't move the same, we aren't all built the same, but we all train the same, sweat the same and bleed the same...Together. As we progress in the arts we start to loo inward for answers, blame less on our surroundings. We feel empowered when others feel stressed and pressuredand when we feel stress and pressured we know exactly where to look for comfort. We look to Martial Arts which in essence is the look to exchange energy with each other to obtain balance from within. All that being said hold your head high people, you're part of the 1%