Re: Are martial arts favorable?

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Devotees really don't need any self defense training, because as long as we have faith that the Lord will protect us, he will. Unless of course he wants to teach us a lesson, in which case all self defense training will be useless. That being said, one can still have the sporting desire to do such a thing and if done with some detachment shouldn't affect the devotee too much, just as long as one doesn't lose his faith that only the Lord can truly protect us.

Personally I feel it's best to learn some simple boxing combos and footwork and then some takedowns from judo or wrestling or whatever, without  seriously getting  into martial arts, which can be burdensome and really isn't needed. I was practicing some of these things 5 or more years ago before I became interested in Krishna consciousness. At that point I tryed to give up everything in my life. I found that in my current situation that such austerity was too hard to live in my environment and was impossible for me. So in the past year and a half I have been eating more food whereas before I was really depriving myself unneccesarily, and I do some weightlifting excercises whenever I can.  The best exercise by far IMO is the barbell deadlift. It's simple, only requires a barbell and some weights, and it will do more for total body strength than any other exercise, other than some difficult olympic lifts.  Deadlifts and core exercises alone are the best bang for buck exercises, very easy to put on muscle and gain physical power

I am  sorry if this post is not appropriate in any ways or if I offended anyone for getting off track.

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