Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat by Forrest Griffin & Erich Krauss

Author:Forrest Griffin & Erich Krauss [Griffin, Forrest]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-05-27T16:00:00+00:00

Be Humble, Grasshopper

I’m not sure if I’m humble, have a really good self-understanding, or just have a tremendous amount of self-loathing. All I know is that I can see what I am as well as what I am not. I realize I’ve had some good fights, but I have never fought miraculously like Anderson Silva or BJ Penn. I’ve never had a reign of terror like Chuck Liddell. And the reason is simple—I’m not as gifted as those guys. I push my body and mind to their limits in training, but I’m not so delusional that I think I’m the best fighter to have ever walked the planet.

Being honest with yourself is the best way to live life because it keeps you from having massive falls. After all, if you think you are unbeatable, and then get your ass served to you on a platter, your whole world comes crumbling down. That’s when the excuses start to flow, but who is buying them? No one. Not yourself, not others. If you can admit to yourself that you simply got beat by a better fighter, it dissolves the lies and allows you to be a happier person.

Although it can be depressing to admit to yourself that you will never be the best, it is liberating at the same time. Instead of trying to be better than everyone else, which is existentially arrogant, you can focus on being the best that you can be. Even if you can never defeat the Anderson Silvas and BJ Penns of the world, you can take pride in the fact that you did the most you possibly could with what you were given. You can take pride in every accomplishment. What more can you ask for? Wishing that you were three inches taller or that your dick would grow an extra five inches delivers nothing but misery, brother.

If you choose to ignore this advice and treat the world as though you own it, when you do fall, everyone is going to kick you while you’re down. If you’re humble in defeat, everyone may still kick you, but they won’t kick you as much.

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