Criticism for the sake of criticism does nothing.
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Criticism has become a common tendency in present times. Once someone writes about their feelings or observations in the martial arts, they have to confront criticism. Although their writings are reflections of the martial arts in general, there are still critics to highlight the positive and negative aspects of any thoughts or ideas, whether asked for or not.
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There have been critics in every field of life and in every arena of knowledge from time immemorial, but the trend of criticism is growing every passing day. It has been observed that criticism is not always constructive, and some people criticize only for the sake of criticism.
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Every martial arts group seems to want to put their stamp on what they think is right, no matter what the original author writes. Sharing of posts and articles to these groups is often not asked for, but surreptitiously shared just to be able to add their own criticism, without giving the author knowledge or give them the opportunity to respond.
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Socrates once said that wise people criticize ideas, while fools criticize people instead of their ideas. Constructive and positive criticism results in creative ideas, but ineffectual and feckless criticism is just plain negative and serves no purpose, except to make the person criticizing seem more intelligent than others.
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Nobody is perfect in this world, and every one among us possesses both good and bad qualities, so a critic should respect the personality of a person when criticizing his ideas. If the critic attacks a person’s personality instead of criticizing his wrong ideas, it would naturally lead to negativity, disagreements and arguments.
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It is unbecoming of a good martial artist to criticize somebody only for his self-interests. So negative criticism for self-interest should always be avoided. People might have a lack of agreement between themselves regarding some issues, but it should never become a reason for negative criticism. We have no right to label the ideology or opinions of somebody in our society as wrong without rational and logical reasoning.
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Naturally, every individual in this world thinks differently from every other individual, so it’s not astonishing that opinions differ from person to person. Keeping this thing in view, wise people never dictate their opinions forcefully to others, nor should they illogically criticize other people’s opinions just for their own narcissistic tendencies. 
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