Cycle Tenet Humility!

HUMILITY—is the quality of not being proud, arrogant, or assertive. As martial artists, we set the example in our daily lives of how to be humble. We are not proud; instead we open our minds to learn and become better people within our community.

Having humility is the ability of being humble and means putting the needs of another person before your own, and thinking of others before yourself. It also means not drawing attention to yourself, and it can mean acknowledging that you are not always right.

Make sure to read the examples below and think about how you can apply them to your martial arts training. Also what other examples of humility can you think of? 

Examples of Humility

• Being a parent can be a very humble job, wiping noses, changing diapers, and meeting a child’s every need for years.

• Letting someone ahead of you in line when you see they are in a hurry is an act of humility.

• Cleaning the bathroom of your office, even though you own the company, is an example of humility.

• The star of the basketball team could score a tremendous amount of baskets in any given game, but instead he takes lots of opportunities to pass the ball to his teammates so they can try to score as well. This shows the athlete’s humility.

• An athlete who credits his success to his teammates, even though he has great skill, shows humility.

• When a gifted photographer receives compliments on his work, he says thank you, but always remarks about how fun it was to take pictures for the people in the photos and how they made it easy to take great pictures.