chshogun**
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This is sadly true. I have noticed more of this since the MMA fad. I've always tried to not only train martial arts but actually live like a martial artist, it's more than just kneeing someone in the face, it's about being humble, confident and compassionate in my opinion, but now it's more about being "hardXcore" and being an "ultimate fighter".
Don't make me armbar you bro.
THIS is a common misconception. Martial arts aren't about making you a better person, have more discipline, etc. Just as accounting isn't about being a better person, etc.; it's just about crunching really boring numbers. Discipline, etc. is what religion is for.
Martial means war. Martial arts are about kicking ass and nothing else. There's nothing more to it than kneeing someone in the face.
Brock Lesnar, pre-injury, certainly wasn't humble. He was, however, the best martial artist on the planet - no one else could kick his ass.
Things that mix building character with martial arts aren't martial arts. They're just a bastardized combination of religion and martial arts.
When I go to a karate class, I don't give a flying fuck about discipline or morals. I want to learn how to brutally KTFO someone or snap their arm in half.