I Used Kung Fu to have the Strongest Mind in the World
[I:http://www.weightlossdietinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/AlCase7.gif]Try that on for size! The Strongest Mind ever to exist in the Whole Wide World, maybe the whole galaxy! Able to woo any dame and trounce any bad guy, and…sounds a bit too good to be true, doesn\’t it?
Oddly, the thing that I did worked, but not in the way I had anticipated. So let me tell you method I utilized, for free, and see how you do. Are you ready to have the Strongest Mind in the World, maybe in the universe?
I once read that a man who can concentrate on one thing for three minutes can rule the world. The point was that to stay focused on one thing, to put it simply, blows up the brain power. Having read this, and wanting to have the most fully functional brain allowed, I decided to do it.
I was doing doing Karate at the time, and exploring side avenues of Sticky Hands from Wing Chun Gung Fu, and various other martial things, and I really thought that I had the mental horsepower to pull anything off. I did my forms, I could remain calm during combat, and I had the discipline. Now all I had to do was apply that discipline to seeking enlightenment, pursuing Nirvana, or whatever you want to call it.
I decided to use a simple, little rock to shape the ultimate concentration and the resulting explosion of pure mentality which, I hoped, wouldn\’t shatter the universe too badly. A rock, after all, was what the earth was, and the shape of the thing was round, like the whole darned universe, and it seemed so neat and appropriate. So I went into a nearby field and chose a well shaped rock, and prepared to turn on my enlightenment.
I sat down under a tree, placed the rock before me, and focused on it. I tried not to think, I tried to just be aware of the rock, and to ignore all those silly little surface thoughts, like what was for lunch and what the latest movie was, or what I was going to do that weekend. I was, after all, going to shatter down the doors to heaven, so what use could such mundane thoughts have for me, right?
After three minutes I tossed the rock aside, got to my feet, and started walking away, totally disgusted with how boring the whole thing was. I mean, to think that I was going to enter Nirvana just by being able to think at a rock, how stupid, how boring! Suddenly, I was jerked to a stop as a sudden thought overwhelmed me.
It wasn\’t the rock that was boring, it was me. All that boredom was being generated by me, and I realized something…I would never be bored again. And I suddenly realized, in this moment of self revelation, the thing had worked, but not at all how I thought it would.
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The Truth Behind the Development of Classical Karate!
[I:http://www.weightlossdietinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AlCase11.jpg]The very first move of Karate, as taken from the first Heian or Pinan form, is a step to the side with a low block. But Karate was not designed for blocking. Yes, there are blocks in the art, and it can be adapted to blocking and striking modes, but it was not designed for blocking except by the way.
Karate was designed to guard the ruler of the island of Okinawa. The Imperial bodyguards trained to use their art in a room filled with a variety of different warriors. Soldiers with different weapons and ways of fighting, while the Okinawans had no arms to rely on.
Thus, would you really use a high block against a samurai sword? Would you try to shunt a bullet aside with a shuto? Because these were the types of weapons that the Okinawan bodyguards had to confront.
Consider also that the first order given troops in such a situation, if they were to attempt to kidnap the king of Okinawa, would be to restrain the bodyguards. This means that samurai would step forward and grab wrists, perhaps preparatory to tying the hands of the bodyguards, or merely moving them from the throne room, or otherwise controlling them. And this means that the first defense of the bodyguards, as described by the first technique in karate training, would be to step in, dropping the weight and arm, thus escaping from the technique, and possibly head butting those who tried to grab them.
That\’s right, an escape from a grab, then a violent step forward to close with and punch and shove the samurai, or whoever the warriors were. This would cause chaos and confusion. This would allow the king to escape.
Now, take a close look at the form. This is the only application that really makes sense. This is the start of what the Okinawans who created Karate-do had in mind.
If the samurai was going to draw a sword, the bodyguard had to get close. This is the reason for the big steps in the form, to enable the bodyguards to jam the samurai so they couldn\’t draw their swords. This explains the moves of forms that have been adapted to block and counter methods of training that don\’t always make sense in todays modern world.
If a samurai attempted to grab a bodyguard, break the grip, head butt, then push into them. This is the truth behind the first technique, and this is how the art was designed to work. Thinking about the movements in this manner reveals an art that is true beyond belief, but you are going to have to put aside the way you were taught, and take further steps down this path if you are going to find the true art of the art known as karate.
Al Case began his study of karate 4O plus plus years ago. He has been a writer and columnist for the magazines. He uses the science of Matrixing to uncover the Truth about the Martial Arts. Get his free ebook about Matrixing Technology at Monster Martial Arts.
The Secret of Using Matrix Martial Arts to Read Minds!
[I:http://www.weightlossdietinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AlCase7.gif]There are times in life when it seems as if you have actually looked into someones mind. Maybe you just blurt out the phrase at the same time, or have the same thought on a hamburger stand. Sometimes, however, it is as if you have looked into somebodys mental process and know exactly what they are thinking.
The martial arts enhance this ability, and a good martial art does it in a quite speedy manner. Indeed, if you aren\’t effectively reading minds after a couple of years, there is probably something wrong with your martial art. If this is so, you should look into applying some principles from Matrix Martial Arts and fixing your art.
The first time you realize that you can look into somebody elses mind is usually during freestyle. You intuitively know what technique your opponent is considering using, and, as time goes on, you begin fitting intuitive responses to whatever he does. Many people think this is because of the freestyle, but it is really because of the forms that you have been perfecting in your martial arts.
Yes, freestyle provides the situation where you can realize your abilities, but forms provides the energy and context for developing those abilities. Without forms, you won\’t be able to read minds in the martial arts, except on the lowest level. Give up doing your forms, and you are left with fighting, and fighting does not lead to reading minds.
When doing a form one learns how to control their body so that it can do things that one couldn\’t make it do before. Then, one learns that it is the control of the mind that is really enabling him to make his body do things. Lastly, one starts to understand that before there can be motion in this universe, there must be a thought.
The universe is nothing but a space filled with objects that float around. Being able to read minds, you see, is being able to predict the path of objects. Predicting the path of objects just means that you start looking further out in space to see them coming.
What the matrixing procedure does, as practiced in Matrix Martial Arts, is organize the data so that one can see beyond the confusion. Matrixing analyzes and handles force and direction, and thus, one can take in more space, and analyze and handle more force and direction. Once one can do this through the practice of the martial arts, one can begin doing it to the rest of life.
Want to get a better deal when you trade in your vehicle, or maybe get the girl of your dreams? You can do so if you use matrixing to analyze and handle the forces and directions involved. And whether you study a form of kung fu, be it fut ga or tong long or monkey boxing, or whether you study karate, such as wado ryu or kyokushnkai or whatever, you can use Matrix Martial Arts to align it, and to align life itself.
Al Case has studied martial arts for 4O plus plus years. A writer for the magazines, he had his own column in Inside Karate. You can read about him, and get a free ebook on Matrix Martial Arts at Monster Martial Arts. Make sure you watch the video and see him put out a candle from over a foot away.
The Three Essential Levels of Karate
[I:http://www.weightlossdietinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AlCase3.jpg]If you are into the Martial Arts just to fight, to beat people up, to beer over the latest UFC results, this article is not for you. If, however, you think the martial arts are a vehicle to become not just physically stronger and mentally more awake, but maybe even enable you to evolve as a human being, then this is the article for you. This is a straightforward and logical look at the three major steps of the martial arts.
The first step of the martial arts is the body level. This is nothing more than making sure you have all the necessary body parts to do the martial arts, and that they are in working condition, or close to it. To get started on the first level one need merely understand that, on a base level, the martial arts are nothing more than calisthenics.
To make if from the first level to the second level, however, one needs to accomplish something called CBM. In the past masters would refer to this as using the body as one unit, which was correct, but lacking in working description. CBM means Coordinated Body Motion, and it is when you use all the body parts together.
With CBM all body motion must intiate at the same time. And, all motion must halt at the same time. And, all in between motion must coordinate the size, mass, length, arc, and so on of individual motions and parts.
When one accomplishes CBM, especially through a classical martial art, one\’s intention is realized. Intention is your desire to achieve something, the working part of the essential idea of whatever end goal you are aiming for. This is the thing that is commonly, and with varying degree of error, described as Chi. That chi, or intention, can be described from so many different viewpoints and experiences is what makes it so confusing.
Having CBMed one\’s body, the next step is to CBM one\’s art. I call this process Matrixing, and it involves an actual science. When one starts to matrix their martial art they must examine all moves, all forms, and follow certain scientific principles to align that art. Like CBM before, one must take into account all motions and align them to the concept of the form.
One could make the broad generalization that Coordinated Body Motion is for inside the body, and Matrixing is for outside the body, and while this isn\’t entirely accurate, there is a sizable amount of truth to the statement. The Martial Arts, you see, while they have achieved a high degree of functionality, could work a whole heck of a lot better. There has been so much interbreeding of cultures and interests and viewpoints and so on, that the martial arts are fair well banged up.
When one finally succeeds in matrixing his martial arts, the true grandeur of the arts is revealed. Senses go outward and take in a whole new world, people see what they weren\’t able to see before, and the blind awake. Coordinated Body Motion, Matrixing, human desire to undertake and succeed, these are at the heart of the martial arts, and these are what the true martial artist must seek to understand and employ on his journey to the truth of his soul.
Having studied the martial arts for 4O+ years, Al has written for the magazines and had his own column in Inside Karate. If you want to find out about Coordinated Body Motion, or how to Matrix the Martial Arts, Al has written a book which you can get for free at Monster Martial Arts.
