The Tao Of Combat

The Way of Combat is to not engage at all, this is the highest supreme form of combat, to master yourself, emotions, behavior, thoughts and actions. For the man who knows well himself knows of those things that cannot pass away for man is a "true" spirit, taking on a body of flesh, just for a "time". Others will challenge this and beg to differ, I am here to preserve and honor all life, not to take away life, I am not a "killer" but under the circumstances of "self" preservation, it is only intelligent to "protect and defend" the self. There are other methods of  Combat, such as "Mental Combat" where we engage in the use of thought, used only to diffuse a "conflict" words contain "force" and the result of using this "force" is "power" as we know there are "power" in words, that can heal or destroy the spirit of another, I choose to heal. The last and most final result after all other methods are exhausted is the "engagement" of Physical combat, to destroy your adversary and not have an inklling of guilt, for a true warrior has attempted to "converse" his/her way out of a "deadly" engagement. While words will hurt a finite mind, an infinite mind moves beyond the words of one who is attempting to cause harm. The real harm comes when your adversary puts their "hands" on you, it is then only neccessary to "destroy".