Ad libitum

It took a minute or two to find out the correct origin of ad-lib, and I am not even sure if it is correct but, I'm going with it anyway.

So here I am "Ad-lib", most often on this blog I have quoted and then noted, as part of a new years resolution to be more involved in my own blog, I also want to be more of myself and less like others, hence the ad lib. Just as each individual Warrior must eventually strike out their own and test their own knowledge, I will strike out on my own minus the crutch of someone elses words to set up my own. Although and inevitably, I will resort to sounding very familiar and at time quoting without even knowing, I will carry on anyway.

The other thing I will like to try is not going over my words and make corrections, not grammatical corrections (I gotta use spell check!) but philosophical corrections. As a fighter rarely gets the opportunity to redo a loss or a punch that hits you square in the face, all you can do is roll with it and move on to the next combination or move.

So now I am inspired, as I always am by combat, everything and I mean EVERYTHING can be related to and answered through the concepts and theories of combat, hell just ask Sun Tzu! Just as I was eluding to earlier my writing will be like sparring, I will not go back and fix or change things that may not make sense or sound right, just like in a fight I will just move forward and not go backward. I have in my time answered many of life's questions and dilemmas by looking at it as if it where combat. Off hand I have a bit of writers block and not being able to think of a specific situation where I have used this concept but trust me I have. Generally, you look as the problem as your opponent and you, well ... you are you and the solutions. Some opponents are bully's and you have to charge right in and land the big bombs to get their attention and win the battle, other times there are skilled lighter more intelligent opponents that you have to study ahead of time and develop a battle plan to beat them with technique. Life's problems are the same way. DO you need to hit hard, be offensive and have a strong push forward or do you need to take a more evasive subtle approach and beat you problem down through well placed hits or subtle re directions to the final submission.

Just as in combat a distracted fighter is a defeated fighter, the distraction leads to areas of vulnerability and lapses in attention, also known as the stopping of the mind or afflictions, these areas can defeat a fighter as well as exploited to be an opponent. Find the areas of vulnerability, the lapses in attention and awareness and you will find the ways to success. Unfortunately I have now found myself distracted and it is time to dismiss myself from the front line for now.

Peace out, keep your chin down shoulders up and always keep your eyes on the opponent.
GhostDog