Sunday, November 4, 2007

The Art of the Wind


Those warriors are fierce in combat, clinging to his arms and pride. But the old man facing them, didn't have any weapon and his calm is his strength.

The warriors attacked with fast, violent, aggressive movements. The old man seemed not to move and everybody thought that he would be defeated. After a few moments, the fierce warriors had been defeated while the old man seemed calm. And the warriors will never fight again.

How did the old man win? How did the warriors lose?
They asked the old man what techniques he had used. And he smiled and said:
-I have not used any technique.

-How can this be? they said
The old man answered:
-The techniques are only at the beginning of the play but then, the forms disappear, the combat disappear, everything becomes silent, the battle has ended.
They asked one more question to the old man.
-Where is your strength?
And he only said:
-In the wind.
And he left.

Where will the warriors be, I asked myself, because nobody survived.
And the answer is:
The art of the wind is related to the art of the water, it is powerful as fire but even more powerful than fire.