“Dahlmann empuña con firmeza el cuchillo, que acaso no sabrá manejar.”
El Sur.
Jorge Luis Borges
El adjetivo como figura gramatical posee tanto peso en el argumento mental del ser humano que eliminarlo o construir una interpretación de la cotidianidad sin él derivaría en un mundo totalmente nuevo para la humanidad. Sin adjetivo el prejuicio o la interpretación quedaría sometida al momento presente y a la viva experiencia sin la pesada ancla del juicio.
Las artes marciales orientales siempre han destacado el valor de romper con el argumento sensorial con el que estructuramos nuestra realidad originando un guión que no siempre potencia o permite desarrollar nuestras grandes cualidades.
El adjetivo desde una perspectiva literaria puede ser un recurso valiosísimo y rico para transmitir la diversidad emocional y física que capta el poeta o el narrador pero el adjetivo limita el horizonte de la experiencia de vivir, no permite que esta fluya sin distinción, libre en experiencia y en vida misma. El adjetivo limita en el momento en que ubica al “yo” en un lugar específico.
En Europa la imponente imagen guerrera de Juana de Arco (1412-1431) apoyada en la fe religiosa ayudó a sus tropas a desprenderse del juicio de inferioridad. Conmocionó su época socio-política y al sistema combativo que venían llevando avezados guerreros, cerrados a una única visión de la estrategia de combate. Ya su imagen de mujer propuso otra manera de ver el campo de batalla y los resultados que se podían esperar.
La Doncella de Orleans en primera fila frente a las líneas enemigas confrontó lo racional y bajo el poder que le daba su visión de lo divino alcanzó a ser parte de la historia y a remover los prejuicios de la Europa del momento. Las llamas quemaron su cuerpo pero no la somnolencia que otorga la ignorancia.
El hombre que busca la senda de las artes marciales tal vez tenga la necesidad de ese momento abierto al temple, a un instante de verdad en donde no oculte sus miedos ni el deseo elemental de querer ser vencedor.
El tema me recuerda la exquisitez con que Jorge Luis Borges (1899 – 1986), el eximio escritor argentino, narra con maestría la fluidez de un momento sin ataduras, donde el deber y la acción transitan de manera natural. En el cuento “El Sur” el protagonista Dahlmann camina al duelo, sin forma ni prejuicio. El escritor narra: - Salieron, y si en Dahlmann no había esperanza, tampoco había miedo.
Tal vez, los katas del karate-do además de ofrecer un argumento técnico y metodología para educar el movimiento del cuerpo son una propuesta para que el practicante fluya como proceso mental y físico sin juicio que anule su reacción en la lucha. El guerrero o el artista marcial no pueden permitirse vivir en el reino del adjetivo. El mismo lenguaje puede corromper el entendimiento y abreviar el verdadero conocimiento.
El arte marcial propone el valor de la experiencia, el absoluto puede ser nefasto cuando se entiende que la experiencia abarca lo relativo y las circunstancias. De ahí el valor de la adaptabilidad y el no cerrarse a ninguna fuente de conocimiento en cualquier sistema de combate. El guerrero ante el miedo sólo puede presentarse abierto a las circunstancias y a su educación marcial en interacción con el momento. El miedo es miedo, de ahí la importancia de tener una mente en consonancia con un espíritu férreo y abierto.
Mi planteamiento no deja de ser una simple opinión entre el gran conocimiento de cada quien. La vanidad del escritor debe estar subyugada a la experiencia e interpretación del lector y en este caso específico a la experiencia del artista marcial o al hombre de lucha.
Darwin Rojas
Publicado en el portal internacional RED MARCIAL
http://www.redmarcial.com.ar/el-adjetivo-en-la-lucha.3174.html
The adjective on the struggle.
The adjective as grammatical figure possesses so much weight into the human mental argument that eliminate it or constructing an interpretation of daily life without the adjective will derivate on a totally new world to human mankind. Without adjective prejudge or interpretation would just be hold to the present moment and the immediate experience out of the heavy anchor of judge.
The Eastern martial arts have always stand out the value of breaking with the sensorial argument with which we built our reality originating a script that not always enhances or allows the best of our great qualities.
Adjective seen from a literary point of view might be a great value resource and rich to transmit the emotional and physical diversity which is capture by the poet or narrator, but the adjective restricts the horizons of life experiences, it doesn’t allows the non distinction of the reality fluidity, filled of free experience and life itself. The adjective restricts when puts the “ego” on a specific place.
In Europe Joan’s of Arc (1412 – 1431) overwhelming warrior image supported on the religious faith, carried out her troops to get over the inferiority complex. She shocked her social-political time and the traditional fighting systems of feared warrior with one unique vision of combat strategy. Just her woman image proposed itself a change on the way of seeing the battle field and the results that can be expected.
The Orleans maid putting herself in the first line in front of the enemies confronts the rational, and under the power her divine vision gave her she reached to be a part of history and removed the prejudges of the Europe of that time. The flames burned her body but not the drowsiness that gives the ignorance.
The man looping for the martial arts path maybe has the need of that moment open to mind temper, to a truth instant when fears are not hidden, not either the elemental whish of being the defeater.
The subject reminds me Jorge Luis Borges´ (1899 – 1986), the eminent Argentinean writer, exquisiteness way of masterfully narrate the fluidity of a time with no strings attached, when duty and action are transiting on the natural way. On the story “El Sur”, the main character Dahlman walks into a duel, with no mental cages or prejudges. The writer tells: - They went our, and if there was no hope in Dalhman, there was also no fear.
There is a possibility that katas in Karate – do in addition to build the technical argument and offering a methodology to educate the body, they are also a proposal that makes possible for the practitioner to flow as a mind and physically process with no judge that interferes with his reaction on the fight. The warrior or martial artist cannot allow himself to live on the adjective domains. The language itself can corrupt the understanding and abbreviates the real knowledge.
The martial art propose the worth of experience, the absolute notion can be disastrous when it is understood that experience covers the relative and circumstances. This is why adaptability is valuable and not being closed to any source of knowledge on any combat system. The warrior facing the fear can just be open to circumstances and to his martial education in interaction with the present time. Fear is just fear; this is why it is important to have a mind in harmony with a strong and open spirit.
My approach is just a simple opinion among the great knowledge of each one. The writer’s vanity must be subjugated to the experiences and interpretations of the reader, in this specific case to the experience of the martial artist or combatant.
Darwin Rojas
Technical director of SHOWAKAI KARATE-DO DE VENEZUELA KWT
Traducción: Oscar Alfonzo
Publicado en el portal internacional RED MARCIAL
http://www.redmarcial.com.ar/el-adjetivo-en-la-lucha.3174.html
The adjective on the struggle.
The adjective as grammatical figure possesses so much weight into the human mental argument that eliminate it or constructing an interpretation of daily life without the adjective will derivate on a totally new world to human mankind. Without adjective prejudge or interpretation would just be hold to the present moment and the immediate experience out of the heavy anchor of judge.
The Eastern martial arts have always stand out the value of breaking with the sensorial argument with which we built our reality originating a script that not always enhances or allows the best of our great qualities.
Adjective seen from a literary point of view might be a great value resource and rich to transmit the emotional and physical diversity which is capture by the poet or narrator, but the adjective restricts the horizons of life experiences, it doesn’t allows the non distinction of the reality fluidity, filled of free experience and life itself. The adjective restricts when puts the “ego” on a specific place.
In Europe Joan’s of Arc (1412 – 1431) overwhelming warrior image supported on the religious faith, carried out her troops to get over the inferiority complex. She shocked her social-political time and the traditional fighting systems of feared warrior with one unique vision of combat strategy. Just her woman image proposed itself a change on the way of seeing the battle field and the results that can be expected.
The Orleans maid putting herself in the first line in front of the enemies confronts the rational, and under the power her divine vision gave her she reached to be a part of history and removed the prejudges of the Europe of that time. The flames burned her body but not the drowsiness that gives the ignorance.
The man looping for the martial arts path maybe has the need of that moment open to mind temper, to a truth instant when fears are not hidden, not either the elemental whish of being the defeater.
The subject reminds me Jorge Luis Borges´ (1899 – 1986), the eminent Argentinean writer, exquisiteness way of masterfully narrate the fluidity of a time with no strings attached, when duty and action are transiting on the natural way. On the story “El Sur”, the main character Dahlman walks into a duel, with no mental cages or prejudges. The writer tells: - They went our, and if there was no hope in Dalhman, there was also no fear.
There is a possibility that katas in Karate – do in addition to build the technical argument and offering a methodology to educate the body, they are also a proposal that makes possible for the practitioner to flow as a mind and physically process with no judge that interferes with his reaction on the fight. The warrior or martial artist cannot allow himself to live on the adjective domains. The language itself can corrupt the understanding and abbreviates the real knowledge.
The martial art propose the worth of experience, the absolute notion can be disastrous when it is understood that experience covers the relative and circumstances. This is why adaptability is valuable and not being closed to any source of knowledge on any combat system. The warrior facing the fear can just be open to circumstances and to his martial education in interaction with the present time. Fear is just fear; this is why it is important to have a mind in harmony with a strong and open spirit.
My approach is just a simple opinion among the great knowledge of each one. The writer’s vanity must be subjugated to the experiences and interpretations of the reader, in this specific case to the experience of the martial artist or combatant.
Darwin Rojas
Technical director of SHOWAKAI KARATE-DO DE VENEZUELA KWT
Traducción: Oscar Alfonzo
