PUT UP YOUR DUX

Written By The Real Frank Dux

WALK THE WALK -TALK THE TALK

The person who talks about you the most is the same person who knows you the least. It happens with such transparency and frequency that it serves as a pivotal plot device in the literature that explores the consequences of malicious speech and the fragility of reputation.

Othello by William Shakespeare is where deceitful manipulation of truth stemming from jealousy and malice led to undeserved downfall and inescapable tragedy.

The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrates the societal impact of rumors and the stigma attached to personal failings.

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of various rumors that distort identity and intentions

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, that highlighted the Salem witch trials, shows us how defamation can, with the right prompt, escalate into widespread hysteria, negatively affecting the lives of innocent people.

Narratives in literature collectively highlight the moral and psychological implications of defamation revealing its capacity to ruin lives and alter societal dynamics.

Martial artists who are educated are taught the importance of showing respect for self and others and why it is we engage in rituals of salutes, bows and formerly addressing someone by a title of assignation, like Sensei, or Sifu.

A true martial artist understands defamation and murder while fundamentally appearing to be different acts; they are each form of violence leading to irreversible harm.

While murder directly removes a person's ability to exist, defamation does the same, as it results in social ostracization, psychological impact, possible suicide, and loss of livelihood.

Murder and defamation do not just damage the immediate victim but their families, friends, and entire communities, as well.

Unfortunately, the preferred libation of some iconic martial artists is a cocktail mixture of speculation and hearsay, stirred, not shaken, garnished with fabrications of evidence, intoxicating them.

Their flavorful, manipulated and managed perception floats flamboyantly free as a wet martini poured onto a waxed floor to bring about a tumble. Such happenstance reinforces these folks’ delusions of grandeur over those who have fallen by their lies.

They delude themselves into believing they are dangerous. Still, the man or woman who’s truly dangerous isn’t the gossip peacocking with tattoos and muscles upon muscles that goes around boasting of past sports combats. The real killer is the quiet soul with that thousand-mile stare who wants to forget.

My strong advice is the next time you hear something and are inclined to repeat it… DON’T!

Defamation and personal grievances in a close-knit world of warriors can culminate in a fatal consequence FOR YOU!

If not, condemn you to be viewed as spiritually retarded by those who don’t talk about it but walk the walk of a warrior.