What is Platos Cave?
Plato’s Cave is simply what we have come to call the place where we train. It is just a large garage that does double duty as our gym. When Mary and I bought the house four years ago, the garage was a disaster. Who knew that there was such a thing as brown dry-wall 35 years ago. So, we began training there and we soon after started referring to it simply as “the Cave”. Over time, as it I began to make improvements on “the Cave”, I began to refer to it as Plato’s Cave, in deference to what is perhaps the greatest allegory in philosophy. I saw a philosophical link between what I envisioned was the ultimate purpose of martial arts training and the story. Also, there was even a tie between the name “Plato”. His accurate name was Aristocles. Plato was in fact the name Aristocles took for wrestling competitions. For more info on the allegory of Plato’s Cave, go to the following websites: Allegory of the cave (Wikipedia) The Allegory of the Cave Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave” Plato’s Cave
