‘Empty and Be’ in the Martial Arts!

From Al Case at Matrix Martial Arts…

The Most Important Thing in the Martial Arts!

Yes,

breathing, grounding, relaxing,

they’re important.

body alignment and synchronization,

very important.

But the most important thing is

where you put your intention.

So here’s a nifty, little trick.

Having trouble touching your toes?

Especially that first bend or two?

Try these two things.

First, arch your back and touch the sky behind you.

Really stretch,

relax,

let the back bend backwards.

Now,

LOOK AT THE GROUND

as you touch the ground.

Suddenly you can reach the ground easily

and with no effort.

Good martial arts never takes effort,

it takes relaxed intention.

Look, the reason you can’t bend forward enough

is because the back is tight

energy is locked,

or at least unmoving.

So you have to move it.

But the back is like the string of a guitar,

it doesn’t just bend in one direction,

it’s got to bend in both directions,

and when you bend in both directions

all the energy that is locked up

can start to move.

Bend only forward and the back is only half bending,

and the other half is fighting you.

And when you look to the ground your intention is freed,

it is no longer distracted by your half moving back,

and your body can go where your intention directs it.

So,

how do you put intention into your strikes and blocks?

The other side of the guitar string, 

in this instance,

is emptiness.

Mentally empty your body,

just relax and breath,

even forget about what you are doing,

then direct your intention into your hand

imagine it being in the new position.

Pop!

What was empty is now full.

People talk about focus,

and they are right,

but it’s not just filling the muscle,

it is emptying the muscle before you fill it.

Want to punch faster?

Want to assume deeper posture?

Want to do away with reaction time

and be in the moment?

the secret is intention.

And the secret of intention

is to be empty before you be full.

What’s fascinating is to apply this,

 to do this long enough

that you start assuming a viewpoint outside your body,

empty and fill your body,

figure out when the energy is going through which leg,

and out through which arm.

Empty and Be.

And,

eventually,

your mind is empty,

virtually cleansed,

and you have freedom of motion in all directions,

and in all directions of your life.

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remember

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have a great work out!

Al

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