Martial arts are a great way to deal with emotional problems of all kinds (empathy, unempathetic, emotional blockage) of course it has to be a good martial arts teacher, who can teach you something not some mcdojo that charges you a ridiculous price and then doesn't teach you anything. If you find a good Aikido teacher, Tae kwon doe teacher or a good chinese martial arts (any martial art with a spiritual side) teacher you'll learn to be able to create 'the wall' after a while, and it won't be made from sand either. So I find your metaphor of battle an apt one. The teacher must be able to teach you to protect yourself it's important as the feeling that we can't protect ourselves is so often the source of the emotional distress that you describe. All in all I recommend Aikido for you, as it's very spiritually (whatever that means) oriented and it will be the most easy for you to convince any your parents if they were leary of you learning a martial art. Trust me keep at it for two years and your parents and yourself will see a definite change in energy level and personal expression.
Remember though good teacher is the most important, Another thing is that occult players martial artists often are of like mind as well, so you'll often be mingling with people of more like mind.
This post has been edited by Bb3: Sep 30 2005, 02:36 AM
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