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The Scenario
When young men are contemplating an aggressive and
potentially violent image for themselves, they are
usually attracted to activities that will give them a
tough, independent, smart and mysterious profile amongst
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The only question
now is, “What activity can society provide that would be
attractive to such young men, and that will result in
them to becoming socially responsible citizens during
the process of them fulfilling their desires?”.
Enter Wu-Chi
The Wu-Chi School of Arts is a community aid
organization that primarily teaches personal
development.
It uses martial art as an agent to reach
the youth of today (especially the more boisterous and
vigorous male youth), in order to provide them with
opportunities to gain moral stability and
self-discipline, via an activity that they wish to be
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“If you think that these youth
being left to themselves are a public liability
now; Just you wait untill they get older”
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In brief, with Wu-Chi,
we are able to love the young men society hates...
No one will ever be able to take away from some male
youth the need to prove to themselves, and to those
around them, that they are tough and independent;
And who would want to, considering that it is an
essential part of their growth . . . as long as they
pursue activities that are not violently abusive or
criminal to fulfil their desires.
But when you suggest to potentially wayward youth that
they should choose only good activities, you are quickly
met with the retort, “Yeah, like what?”
“Well,” you may answer, “there are lots of good things,
like the rowing club, or maybe the church choir, and of
course there is always good old-fashioned work around
the home, which has never hurt anyone.”
In our experience, this is like offering children who
have a taste for junk food a big plate of greens – they
hate it.
However, with Wu-Chi we are able to work from the other
side of the equation.
Young men who want to be tough are attracted to martial
art, and therefore they actively seek us out . . . and,
it is not considered, even by them, foreign or out of
place to have to become respectful, self-disciplined and
highly principled in order to make it up through the
ranks of a good martial art school. In fact, in such an
environment, they picture themselves becoming quite
profound, and therefore they are eager to adopt high
standards for themselves, both within the classroom and
out in the streets . . . giving us artistic license to
incorporate morel and social virtues into all their
lessons and gradings, consequently they become
responsible and conscientious citizens.
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