MASAI WARRIOR … DISCIPLINED FIGHTER

WHO ARE THESE LONG SKINNY PEOPLE???? Yes, they are the most feared modern day Fighters, who are still holding on to their traditional ways of fighting. Fearless bunch of men, who would just go ahead and fight with their opponent with those primitive weapons and their bare hands.

 

I have had the opportunity to meet and understand some of these fearless fighters, who still hold on to their traditional values, even though they are staying over in the big city like Nairobi. They have only thing to say, Give Life a Purpose…

 

What makes a Masari Man, a Warrior. They have this concept of coming of age as a MAN and its got nothing to do with them being of a Certain Age. They have to Tame a Lion.. yes .. a Wild Beast… tradition had it that they had to go fight a Lion and Kill it, but with Animal Conservation and Rights, they just have these events once in few years, where they just get the Lion in their will..

 

What makes them a great fighter? Is it their super human strength? From the pics, they do look like someone who is about to be put in the UN’s watch list for famine suffered pupulation. But they have strength, and no, it doesn’t come out from those dusty bones. Its their WILL to fight. WILL to hold on to their ground and to earn their respect from who ever is there in front of them.

 

During the conversation with this particular band of fighters, I had this feeling that they are not scared of being defeated by their opponent. They see it as their destiny to be falling down in front of their opponent. Even if they win, they do not rejoice by making mockery of their opponent, but talk about the heroics of their opponent whom they had defeated. They have a vice like grin on their emotions. They welcome a challenge and give their best. They strategise, much like all of us, before our fights, and they observe with patience much like all of us. But what separates them from us, is that their patience goes on miles together.

 

Their Patience is so well known about the local Kenyans, that they hail them for their warrior instincts.

 

I proudly told them about my association with martial arts and how I have been training for the last couple of years. They just had one advice, to follow your heart. Be precise about your goal. What do you want to achieve from this.

 

It is this GOAL that has strieved them to be one amongst the best fighters in the world, even without those sophisticated guns in their hand. They Win thru their opponents because they can see that as their goal.

 

This most feared Tribe is actually very humble and show their respect to every human being crossing their path. They have a show of their hand to greet every single passerby. These selfless people would also come to your aid, when they see you struggling or being attacked by some goons. Very Silent, dressed in their traditional attire and often seen with huge amount of traditional ornaments, these gentle folks are one of the true students of martial arts, as what they do, comes with years of discipline and practise, something, that we “URBAN” folks should start learning, that you don’t achieve anything in a fortnight.

 

The Inputs and Stories are as told to me by the Masai Warriors (interpreted by a local kenyan) and Local Stories of this feared tribe. I hope that these information are as true as they can be and the views of what makes them extreme fighters is mine, from my experience of meeting them and seeing them in some moves. Apologise for any changes or distortion from what’s commonly available on-line or in books.

 

-kNiGhTrIdEr