Students should be exposed to variety of possibilities, and thus being prepared for the likely events first. The virtue of honesty would put us on the most urgent and needed path first; then follows the virtues of trustworthiness and confidence which are essential derivatives—-born directly from honesty itself. As you train rigorously and systematically, your trust and confidence in reading common patterns and behaviors increase. This in turn would fuel [purpose] and thus, a sense of composure.
Therefore, we conclude that honesty, trutworthiness, confidence, a sense of purpose, and as a result——composure, are all necessary elements for every other quality and technical development in martial arts and in life genereal.
SHAHRAM MOOSAVI
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