🥋 Why the Boring Stay Boring

Most people are boring.

That’s not an insult — it’s just a fact.

Boring people are followers.

Why are they followers?

Because they’re boring.

They never ask why.

They’ll ask where. They’ll ask who. They’ll ask what.

But never why.

And why is the only question that makes life interesting.

When you stop asking why, you stop thinking for yourself.

You start copying — clothes, opinions, routines, even emotions.

You become a reflection of the loudest thing around you.

Think about those experiments — the ones where someone walks into a waiting room, a bell rings, and everyone stands up. The new person has no idea why, but before long, they’re standing too. Every time.

If those people had the courage to ask why, they wouldn’t look so ridiculous.

Boring people are the reason so much is wrong with the world.

They never question. Because questioning is counter to obedience — and obedience is the only thing they know how to do.

They think fitting in keeps them safe.

But it just keeps them small.

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The dojo is built on why.

Every stance, every strike, every bow — all of it has meaning.

If you don’t understand why you’re doing something, you’re just imitating movement. You’re not learning karate — you’re performing it.

When a student asks why, I know they’re awake.

It means they’re thinking, not just reacting. It means they’re growing.

Good karate doesn’t create followers — it creates thinkers.

The dojo is a laboratory where you test yourself, challenge ideas, and learn to trust your own reasoning.

Obedience has its place — but curiosity is where real progress begins.

Asking why doesn’t make you defiant. It makes you aware.

So no, you don’t have to be loud, flashy, or rebellious.

You just have to stay awake.

Because in our dojo, we don’t train to be obedient — we train to understand.

We don’t train to fit in — we train to wake up.

And when you wake up, you’ll never be boring again.

Kyoshi Eric Vinagreiro, BA BEd

Northern Karate Markham