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Home Fitness and Sports Fitness Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Ninjitsu or Whatever--You Must See the Thought Before the Action in the Martial Arts
Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Ninjitsu or Whatever--You Must See the Thought Before the Action in the Martial Arts PDF Print E-mail
Written by Al Case   
It doesn't matter which art you study, Karate, Kung Fu, Taekwondo or whatever, you must be able to perceive the thought behind any attack. I have written about this subject since my first articles in the martial arts magazines over thirty years ago. I find it weird that nobody else writes about it.
by AlCase


It doesn't matter which art you study, Karate, Kung Fu, Taekwondo or whatever, you must be able to perceive the thought behind any attack. I have written about this subject since my first articles in the martial arts magazines over thirty years ago. I find it weird that nobody else writes about it.

I originally described this idea by analogizing somebody driving down a street. Drive down that street enough time, and you start to know where the kids are playing, where the lights turn, and so on. In the martial arts, do the forms application enough times, and you know what it means when the opponent lifts his shoulder, turns his foot, and otherwise sets himself up.

I was instructing a class once, and this fellow was watching, and he said, "What if they do a punch instead?" I'd dealt with the 'what if' character many times, and I told him to punch me. He half pivoted towards me.

He settled his weight, and I knew how he was going to turn, the angle of his arm, everything. And, I experienced a cartoon overlay of him punching me--I saw it happen before it happened. And then it didn't happen.

He gave up and didn't even try to punch me. Well, of course. I had perceived the thought behind his attack--I had defeated his thought, and that had pulled the plug on any physical manifestation of the idea.

Over the years I come across tales of other people doing this sort of thing. Top among the martial arts tales was the experience of Morihei Ueshiba, who perceived a bullet coming from a gun. He saw the idea before it happened, and so was able to handle that idea.

Now, why doesn't it happen for everybody? The answer is simple, because everybody is not a fanatic. Or, let me get personal, you are not a fanatic.

Are you willing to give up school and a good paying career, endure hamburger instead of steak, spend all your time sweating in a dojo with other like minded individuals? Are you willing to spend all your time and money training, reading everything ever written on the martial arts, delving into the quirks and weaknesses of your own individual personality? Are you willing to endure starting over again in art after martial art--Karate Kung Fu, kenpo--then maybe you'll make it; maybe you'll actually gain the ability to perceive the thought before the action.

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I should say that learning how to matrix your martial arts will speed up the action. When you Matrix an Art it makes the whole process incredibly logical and simple. Head to Monster Martial Arts to find out about Matrixing.

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