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So you want The True Martial Art, but you're not willing to train for decades to get there. There is a way, simple, everybody knows about it, nobody does it. I am talking about that wonderful exercise called Horse Meditation.
The most you'll see of Horse Meditation is a minute of punishment in today's martial arts schools. The true value of the exercise is used as punishment, or just not done. How long would little Jane's mommy pay for her training, after all, if she came home and whined that the instructor was hurting her?
To do Horse Meditation the proper way, the way that brings enlightenment, one must be willing to undergo pain and transition. We all know that pain is a warning system, it tells a person he is in danger, get out of there. But pain understood, and I am not simply selling masochism here, can be truly enlightening.
Squat until your thighs are almost parallel with the ground, bend the knees and spread the legs and get low. Hold an arm to the side with the hand in a chicken beak, or whip, and raise the other arm in a high block. Concentrate on breathing deeply to your center and turn your head and focus your gaze on the fingers of your chicken beak.
Before a minute has passed your legs will be trembling, your face will be white, and you will be sure sure that you are going to die and not go to heaven. The pain in your legs will become excruciating, and you will know, sure as OJ loved his wife, that your legs are going to be permanently disfigured. Finally, you whine, gasp, break stance, and look at the clock, 120 seconds.
What you did wrong was listen to the pain. Pain is a warning device, yes, but it can be overridden easily by a firm and determined will. If you can override the pain you will find The True Art.
Ask yourself the question, are you really going to die? The answer is no. Thus, you must overcome the warning pain building in your mind and actually prove that it is you in charge of your body, and not the other way around.
So you take a stance and stand there, and you say no when the pain builds. It really is that simple, you change your mind, and you stay there, you say no, and within five minutes you will find that the pain totally and absolutely disappears. And then you're going to find The True Art...and I tell you, it is not what is taught in today's entertainment, celluloid based, fantasy inducing dojos, it is something that you never dreamt of and which will change you for all of your days.
The most you'll see of Horse Meditation is a minute of punishment in today's martial arts schools. The true value of the exercise is used as punishment, or just not done. How long would little Jane's mommy pay for her training, after all, if she came home and whined that the instructor was hurting her?
To do Horse Meditation the proper way, the way that brings enlightenment, one must be willing to undergo pain and transition. We all know that pain is a warning system, it tells a person he is in danger, get out of there. But pain understood, and I am not simply selling masochism here, can be truly enlightening.
Squat until your thighs are almost parallel with the ground, bend the knees and spread the legs and get low. Hold an arm to the side with the hand in a chicken beak, or whip, and raise the other arm in a high block. Concentrate on breathing deeply to your center and turn your head and focus your gaze on the fingers of your chicken beak.
Before a minute has passed your legs will be trembling, your face will be white, and you will be sure sure that you are going to die and not go to heaven. The pain in your legs will become excruciating, and you will know, sure as OJ loved his wife, that your legs are going to be permanently disfigured. Finally, you whine, gasp, break stance, and look at the clock, 120 seconds.
What you did wrong was listen to the pain. Pain is a warning device, yes, but it can be overridden easily by a firm and determined will. If you can override the pain you will find The True Art.
Ask yourself the question, are you really going to die? The answer is no. Thus, you must overcome the warning pain building in your mind and actually prove that it is you in charge of your body, and not the other way around.
So you take a stance and stand there, and you say no when the pain builds. It really is that simple, you change your mind, and you stay there, you say no, and within five minutes you will find that the pain totally and absolutely disappears. And then you're going to find The True Art...and I tell you, it is not what is taught in today's entertainment, celluloid based, fantasy inducing dojos, it is something that you never dreamt of and which will change you for all of your days.
About the Author:
Al Case has learned the martial arts for forty years. You can find The True Art at Monster Martial Arts.
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