This is also the true purpose of the martial arts. Hollywood has made the martial arts seem a form of acrobatics performed by superhumans whose goal is to take on any number of opponents and easily defeat them, but this is far removed from the original nature of the martial arts. The different forms of martial arts serve to teach the participants how to function in the present moment and to force them into this state of mind through a desire for self-preservation. The student diligently works at all the moves of the particular form he or she is studying. These moves are deliberately performed
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