Don't Go Into the Tall Grass

Today's blogpost is insprired by the gooshy feeling-filled Jurassic Park III... which, odly seems better than Jurassic Park II, but it is yet incomplete.

As I watch I find myself using all of my prvious Jurassic Park Universe knowledge to try and yell out to the actors. "Don't go into the tall grass." This was Ian (Jeff Goldbloom)'s warning in the second movie. Granted, in this movie, the raptors are following Dr. Grant because the young Billy stole Raptor eggs, impulsively and in a misguided altruism. But there is a point to Ian's advice. Ian KNEW that only death waited in the long grass in the middle of the island. This leads to my first bit of advice: Don't go into the danger. If you go into danger, confusion will inevitably set in and luck will be the deciding factor.

Fighting, all fighting, revolves around the perception of conflict. This is not necessarily true or necessary conflict:

 But that's a different lesson. The reason I introduce conflict as the principle to fighitng is so that we may see the difference between entering conflict and entering danger. Entering danger is even different from confronting it. Entering danger is a submissive position, one that waits in both fear and timidity and in despair (there is not ope or magnanimity, but simply the desire to survive). Confronting danger takes the wisdom to identify it and the courage to do what is needed.

If you are afraid to punch or kick someone, you won't do well in a stand-up fight. If you meet the danger that such a thing could seriously hurt you or another and realize that it is the inevitable and necessary course of action to defend yourself or a loved one, you can not only survive, but live. Meeting a danger requires intellect, training, and preparation. Suriving has to do with luck.

Now, despite the cheesiness of some things in Jurassic Park Universe, there is one thing to learn, be a Grant, not an Ian. Meet a danger if it has to be there, don't simply survive it and try to wait it to pass by. YOu could end up like the lawyer in the first movie.

Train Hard and Often.