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Time is a liquid that can be manipulated at will. At first glance, it is a measuring stick, measuring the universe. The truth, however, is that a little martial arts training can bend this ruler at will.
Understanding time merely requires a little presence of mind. This understanding can be applied to the martial arts easily, and does result in the required presence of mind. There are four easily defined steps, or stages, to this theory.
The first step is to see/think/react. The beginner sees a threat, thinks about it, finally reacts. This would be the block and counter stage.
The second step is to see/react. Through practice, the student eliminates having to think about a technique and goes from seeing a threat to reacting to it. A student is getting faster at this stage of timing, and he is usually able to block and counter with the same hand.
The third step is when the student reacts. The student is actually starting to have a sixth sense when a threat is about and whirls to meet it, he is becoming more polished, and he doesn't even need to see a threat to react. This step would be labeled as the simultaneous block and counter stage.
The fourth step is act. A student perceives a threat developing and moves before it can result in a raised fist or launched foot. Simply, the person has eliminated rea-, which is reaction time, and is moving in the moment.
Mind of no mind is the meaning of the Japanese term Mushin no shin, and it means that a person is moving in the moment. A person is an actual master of the world at this stage, able to see things before they happen, and act accordingly, and he is not a victim of the world, only capable of reacting to a threat. Personal choice is immense and developing at this a stage.
The world is measured by time, but time is a perception of the world. If you train your perceptions, you can train yourself to handle the world. This is just one of the many blessings of a course of study in the martial arts.
Understanding time merely requires a little presence of mind. This understanding can be applied to the martial arts easily, and does result in the required presence of mind. There are four easily defined steps, or stages, to this theory.
The first step is to see/think/react. The beginner sees a threat, thinks about it, finally reacts. This would be the block and counter stage.
The second step is to see/react. Through practice, the student eliminates having to think about a technique and goes from seeing a threat to reacting to it. A student is getting faster at this stage of timing, and he is usually able to block and counter with the same hand.
The third step is when the student reacts. The student is actually starting to have a sixth sense when a threat is about and whirls to meet it, he is becoming more polished, and he doesn't even need to see a threat to react. This step would be labeled as the simultaneous block and counter stage.
The fourth step is act. A student perceives a threat developing and moves before it can result in a raised fist or launched foot. Simply, the person has eliminated rea-, which is reaction time, and is moving in the moment.
Mind of no mind is the meaning of the Japanese term Mushin no shin, and it means that a person is moving in the moment. A person is an actual master of the world at this stage, able to see things before they happen, and act accordingly, and he is not a victim of the world, only capable of reacting to a threat. Personal choice is immense and developing at this a stage.
The world is measured by time, but time is a perception of the world. If you train your perceptions, you can train yourself to handle the world. This is just one of the many blessings of a course of study in the martial arts.
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Al Case has analyzed the martial arts for forty plus+ years. It's time to visit him at Monster Martial Arts.
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