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One of the biggest lies in the martial arts is reaction time. Reaction time traps everybody, but in the martial arts, you can get rid of it. Actually, with the data in this article, you will find it easy to get rid of reaction time.
Reaction time is the gap of time between when something happens and when you respond to it. When that car in front of you, for instance, shows brake lights, it takes three eights of a second for your foot to hit the brake pedal. During this three eights of a second distance can close, bumpers can touch, and collisions can occur, unless, of course, you have reduced, or even eliminated your reaction time.
There are actually three types of reaction time. These three types of reaction time are simple to define and easy to understand. The three types of reaction time are past, present and future.
The first type of reaction time, the reaction time that happens in the past, is the kind that gets us killed. Simply, you are too close to the car in front of you, you don't have three eights of a second between potential impact. This is the reaction time wherein you input what is happening, shoot the data through the nervous system, get response from mind, shoot the solution action back through the nerves, and, oops, too late.
Then there is the reaction time, easily seen in sports, which is in the now. The fielder takes off at the crack of the bat, but how did he know where to go and how fast and all that? He was far enough away from the action to input the data and do what he had to do without reaction time.
Mushin no shin, which is Japanese for mind of no mind, is the third type of reaction time, and it is understood by translating the phrase into time of no time. In this reaction time two martial artists face each other, and one strikes, and the other blocks, simultaneously. This stage of reaction time is not reaction time, but rather making decisions as the action happens, in the moment and not after, and not even requiring distance for the information to input.
To gain the third type of reaction time one must distance oneself from the mechanisms of the body and mind, and act as a human being. This means that one must assume the viewpoint of distance through a mental adjustment, even if there is no distance. This is easily done if one just assumes a posture and looks at the body.
You could also practice moving slowly while looking at your partner. Don't try to speed up reaction time by going faster, rather, slow down the game, look at what is happening, and search for the tell tale factors that occur just before action occurs. These two methods will enable one to gain intuition in the face of disaster, live an entirely different life, and attain enlightenment.
Reaction time is the gap of time between when something happens and when you respond to it. When that car in front of you, for instance, shows brake lights, it takes three eights of a second for your foot to hit the brake pedal. During this three eights of a second distance can close, bumpers can touch, and collisions can occur, unless, of course, you have reduced, or even eliminated your reaction time.
There are actually three types of reaction time. These three types of reaction time are simple to define and easy to understand. The three types of reaction time are past, present and future.
The first type of reaction time, the reaction time that happens in the past, is the kind that gets us killed. Simply, you are too close to the car in front of you, you don't have three eights of a second between potential impact. This is the reaction time wherein you input what is happening, shoot the data through the nervous system, get response from mind, shoot the solution action back through the nerves, and, oops, too late.
Then there is the reaction time, easily seen in sports, which is in the now. The fielder takes off at the crack of the bat, but how did he know where to go and how fast and all that? He was far enough away from the action to input the data and do what he had to do without reaction time.
Mushin no shin, which is Japanese for mind of no mind, is the third type of reaction time, and it is understood by translating the phrase into time of no time. In this reaction time two martial artists face each other, and one strikes, and the other blocks, simultaneously. This stage of reaction time is not reaction time, but rather making decisions as the action happens, in the moment and not after, and not even requiring distance for the information to input.
To gain the third type of reaction time one must distance oneself from the mechanisms of the body and mind, and act as a human being. This means that one must assume the viewpoint of distance through a mental adjustment, even if there is no distance. This is easily done if one just assumes a posture and looks at the body.
You could also practice moving slowly while looking at your partner. Don't try to speed up reaction time by going faster, rather, slow down the game, look at what is happening, and search for the tell tale factors that occur just before action occurs. These two methods will enable one to gain intuition in the face of disaster, live an entirely different life, and attain enlightenment.
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Al Case has analyzed the martial arts forty+ years. Get rid of your Reaction Time at Monster Martial Arts.
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