Dear, The Karate Kid

Dear,
The Karate Kid

I know it is just a fictional story. Yet, if I had some words to share with Danielson, these would be it.

Karate is a good hobby. Mr. Myagi used it as a way to purge aggression. Meditation is good, and karate is a good tool at purging aggressive tendencies, and cooling down the shadow.

However, brawling as a form of self defense is wrong. Violence begets more violence. The only time one should fight, is in wartime. And in wartime, there must be a complete end of one of the two opponents. As only then can there be a resolution to the conflict.

Law's recourse is to prevent violence from spilling into the streets. And as for Johnny, forgive the man. He needs forgiveness. As I need forgiveness.

The only end to the conflict is to forgive. There can be no other way to resolve this, without bloodshed. And if there is bloodshed, it is no different than a turf war between two rival gangs.

Law begets order. Fighting begets a cycle which, gotten out of control, will end with either of the two sides warring for an entire generation, until one side is finished.

I know you're not real... But your story is real to me. To fight brings a cycle of violence, yet the recourse of law brings order.

Myagi trained only one student. His reason, was because he used Karate as a mentoring tool. Not as a means to make money. Not as a means to teach kids self defense. Each child requires special attention, and he was like a father to you, Danielson. With that, you cannot teach many students Karate. You must only teach one. It is the Myagi way. Which I hope the show teaches.

There needs to be forgiveness. As forgiveness is like a cool water over a hot flame. It makes the soul purged of its anguish. War is to be fought by nations, and declared by law. Which is how our great nation was founded, was through the order of law. Every bullet fired was ordained by the edict of law and self governance. It was not created by rebels, who then fought. It was created by well orchestrated men, whom by recourse of Law gave the precedence for war. And in that, we won our freedom. It was not mobs of men fighting in the street, as that kind of thing can only beget a cycle of violence which would perpetuate, and lo, it does.