Wang
Tsing, who is a professor of Tai Chi Chuan, now lives in Argentina, after
having spent almost a decade in Sao Paulo.
One
of his disciples told me that once he wanted to know from Wang Tsing why Tai
Chi does not use the system of colored belts that other martial arts use (to
indicate the grade of apprenticeship).
"If
you have money, you don't carry it in your hands, you carry it in your
pockets," answered Wang.
"If
you have lots of money, you don't stuff your pockets with it, you keep it in
the bank. What is the sense of walking around wearing a big belt that everyone
can see, revealing all that you know?"
"A
good warrior knows that strategy is far more important than vanity."
~
Paulo Coelho
"But who bothers looking beyond the surface?"
~ Mandy Hubbard
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