Who
is the Master?
by Shawn Moody, M.A.C. Fitness Sports Enhancement Specialist
I would like to be the first to say Happy New Year and welcome
to the articles section of the M.A.C. Fitness website. Visit
this section frequently as additional articles will be published
for your reading pleasure.
I wanted to kick off the first article by reflecting back
to 1985. I was a young boy watching Berry Gordy's The Last
Dragon movie with a few of my friends. Like most boys I was
amazed by the speed and grace of martial arts.
For those of you not familiar with the movie; the main character
Leroy Green (a.k.a. Bruce Leroy) searches for the "master" to
reach his final level of martial arts mastery known as the
glow. During the course of his journey he must fight an evil
martial arts expert known as Sho'nuff (a.k.a. The Shogun of
Harlem) and finds himself having to rescue a beautiful singer
from an obsessed music promoter. I know most of you are probably
saying, “What kind of movie is this?” remember
it was the 80’s.
The most significant part of the movie, in my opinion, occurs
during the final battle between Bruce Leroy and Sho’nuff.
The setting is an abandoned warehouse (why wouldn't’t
it be I thought all movies had to have an abandoned warehouse
scene) where Leroy and Sho’nuff have been battling back
and forth. Sho’nuff has Leroy held over a large tank
of water and continually submerges Leroy’s head into
the water while asking the question, “Who is the master?” As
Leroy is being held under water he starts to think back to
the many lessons that he has learned during the course of
his journey and realizes that the answers he has been searching
for have always been within him. When Sho’nuff pulls
him from the water one final time to ask, “Who is the
master”, Leroy confidently answers….”I
am”. Leroy develops the “glow” by believing
in himself and defeats Sho’nuff before rescuing the
girl.
The point that I’m trying to establish is that everyone
that I speak with today seems to be in search of the “master”.
Advertisers hammer home their messages. Store layouts, movies,
television, radio, and magazines and of course the internet
all sending us messages of where to find the “master”.
We’ve become a society in search of instant gratification.
If you call this 800 number, if you send back this card, if
you log onto this site………..I’m
sure you’ve heard them all. The health and fitness industry
has capitalized on this concept. You know the one’s……..take
this pill for 30 days and lose 30lbs., buy this ab crunch
gadget use it for 2 minutes a day and be shredded, hook these
pads up to your stomach and stimulate your abs for only minutes
a day! All of these things to help us get the “glow”.
I hope you understand that we are no different than Bruce
Leroy. We are searching for answers that are within ourselves.
When it comes to your health and wellness, you are the “master”.
You have to be willing to put in some hard work, sweat a little
and do your best to have a clean diet. There are no magic
pills or gadgets to help, and please don’t hook any
type of electronic pads up to your stomach!
Start 2006 off right and remember, “You are the master”.
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