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Updated December 16, 2011 12:43:02
As someone committed to the life of the mind, I try to teach my children certain vital skills: rigorous thinking, curiosity, intellectual sympathy.
This morning, for example, my daily walk to school involved a conversation with my six-year-old son about The Odyssey, the basics of evolutionary theory, and the chronological difference between 'BC' and 'AD'. And Cars 2 (I cannot work miracles).
I also had my regular session of 'why' with my daughter, almost three, who has something of an etiological obsession.
But I also spent part of the afternoon on the phone, asking strangers about punching, kicking, throwing and broadswords - canvassing martial arts lessons for my son. I also wrestled with my daughter - copping a few fists in the snoot as I did. (Is there a 'Dora the Destroyer' doll?) Alongside my précis of Homer and modern genetics, I have introduced my little monsters to Karate, Judo and fencing. In short, I want my children to be fighters.
For some, this is counterintuitive: philosophers have a reputation for cerebral lives, disconnected from fit physicality. Yes, David Hume was fat. But most philosophers, being middle-class professionals, presumably have the good nutrition and health of their cohort.
More importantly, philosophy as mental struggle is not estranged from physical struggle. For example, Plato is known for his theory of incorporeal mind - the immortal soul, fighting against the vulgarity and stupidity of the body. This seems a portrait of the perfect ethereal scholar, alienated from physicality. Yet as a youth, Plato was well known for his physique. 'Plato' was reported to be his wrestling nickname, meaning 'broad shouldered'. In Laws, he even recommended wrestling for his planned city-state - as an education in liberty, and as training for war. Moreover, his teacher Socrates was a renowned soldier, famously saving the wounded Alcibiades in battle at Potidaea - the gadfly's perseverance and courage were uncanny.
In short, there are good sociological and historical reasons for dismissing the myth that philosophers are unphysical, and uninterested in combat. But nay-sayers may focus on ethics: fighting, goes the argument, is for vicious thugs, not virtuous sages. And philosophers are supposed to uphold ethical standards, lest their theories seem like empty verbiage. It is therefore a contradiction, as a philosopher, for me to enrol my children in Karate or Judo.
There is certainly evidence that some martial arts schools have vicious outcomes. In a longitudinal study for the Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, for example, Endresen and Olweus concluded that arts like boxing and wrestling often increased violent and non-violent antisocial behaviour amongst young men. While this contradicts many notable anecdotal examples - boxers rescued from poverty and violence by the sweet science, for example - it is clear that some fight schools promote a macho outlook, which glorifies egoistic confrontation.
Nonetheless, other studies show exactly the opposite: the more years training in martial arts, the less aggression. In particular, those arts considered 'traditional' - a dubious label, given the older traditions of Muay Thai and Western boxing - are often morally educative. In Perceptual and Motor Skills, for example, Lamarre and Nosanchuk demonstrated that Judo lessons consistently left students less antisocial, and similar results have been given for Karate-do and its Korean kick-happy cousin, Tae Kwon Do. Certainly, this matches my own youth: despite all the lessons learning how to punch folks in the face, I was considerably less likely to do so after Karate than before.
In fact, there are several virtues promoted by the martial arts, which make fighting a unique moral education.
First, courage. Aristotle defines courage as confronting one's fears, and doing so rationally, for the right reasons. The courageous man is neither fearless of the rightly frightening, nor horrified by the benign - neither foolhardy nor cowardly, in other words. This is one of the more obvious, but nonetheless unique, virtues of the martial arts: confronting a tough, well-trained fighter, who is trying to bruise you, literally and figuratively. With the exception of the military, there is no equivalent for this visceral confrontation, and its lesson of bravery. This does not mean being fearless, which is foolish. It means learning to work with fear: carrying on dutifully, with a skilled combination of automatism and mindfulness.
Second, restraint. Critics have a false vision of the martial arts as malicious gladiatorial bloodsport. But mixed martial arts (MMA) is nothing like this, let alone suburban Karate or Tae Kwon Do. As Aristotle also noted, humans are social animals - our potentials are only realised in a group. This is equally true of martial arts. To progress in any fighting art, collaboration is necessary. And this is impossible without restraint: learning how and when to pull ones punches and kicks, and when to stop a chokehold. This does not mean martial artists do not strike forcefully, only that they have the physical and mental discipline necessary to do so, or not to do so. They become used to drawing in their impulses, an accomplishment which can also develop mutual trust.
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Third, patience. Patience is more than quiet anticipation. It is the recognition that all valuable pursuits take time and effort. In any good martial art, patience is paramount. Not simply because the techniques are difficult to master, but also because it is painful and sometimes embarrassing: the mistakes hurt. This takes bravery, but also the realisation that there are no shortcuts to skill. Off-key singers can fool tone-deaf audiences. Charismatic philosophers can wow readers with incantations. But you cannot fake sparring against a trained, resisting opponent. The only option is to give up or keep learning. In this, the martial arts are a remedy for immature myopia.
These virtues, together with the accomplishments of competitions, belts and mastered techniques, can also lead to increased confidence. Martial arts students are less likely to be prey to their own inferiority; less likely to bolster their egos with violence. They are also more likely to emulate the traits in their teachers - hence the importance of the school environment, and its explicit and implicit messages.
This does not mean that every Karate school is a simple remedy for bad-tempered brats. The psyche is not a simple mechanism to be tinkered with for positive outcomes. And some schools are more like mystical cults than educational institutions, heavy on esoteric theories, light on good technique and application. But for many kids and adults, the martial arts are an education in virtue. Empirical evidence backs up what many martial artists already know: often sweaty, bloody mats are the most civilised spots in the world. In light of this, some prejudiced pseudo-peaceniks might prefer to suit up and throw down.
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Dr Damon Young is a philosopher and author, and the editor of Martial Arts and Philosophy: Beating and Nothingness.
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First posted December 16, 2011 12:38:04