A lot of people are put off by the idea of martial arts for a simple reason that you need to wake up early and practice outside during winter. In my opinion these are such minor components of the whole practice and if you do get into practicing at dawn and during the winter than you are already into it that much that it does not matter. Your teacher may be flexible enough to assist you in learning whenever it is convenient for you, some teachers take it easy during winter and if you have a spacious apartment you can practice at home. So, first of all martial arts teaches about flexibility. By being flexible I mean physically and mentally because it is all connected and one directs the other.

Another simple implementation of martial arts in daily living is that you learn how to keep being focused and relaxed while doing strenuous exercise. The practice gets your body to twist in new directions, to use muscles you haven’t used before, to learn what ‘natural posture’ means in terms of martial arts. After a while your body becomes soft outside (for the observer) and hard inside (you experience the flow of qi in your body). Simply, if you manage to keep your body relaxed during strenuous exercise then in daily living you can maintain being relaxed in stressful situations. Needless to mention, daily practice enables you to remain calm and focused despite the circumstances and the environment.

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All directional power and resistance depends on the pressure of the feet on the floor. Therefore when you want to direct your power backwards, you must push forwards. Although we are not conscious of it, we have to maintain a constant pressure downwards through our feet just to stand upright. When we are training, whatever technique we are using, the initial power drive will come from an opposite power drive applied through the feet. The more we study this, the more we will understand the force at our disposal.

The principle of your technique must be designed to destroy your opponent’s sense of balance. If he cannot apply pressure with his feet, he will not have the power to drive his own movement or to resist yours. You will then see dramatic results in the application of your chosen technique, because all your opponent’s energy will be spent in trying to maintain his balance.

When you study the older techniques, forms and kata, you will discover these principles are applied consistently throughout them – and it will make sense of many of the apparently obscure movements. When you watch other martial arts, you will see how the same principles are applied to receive, lock, throw, sweep, trip, slip, strike and cut. By watching your opponents movements, you will also be able to judge their skill level.

In meditation, the same four principles are used. You maintain posture through balance; you maintain correct body alignment; you breathe correctly; and you maintain proper mental focus and alertness in the same way as you do when you are training.

Sometimes students will approach their teacher and ask when they are going to be taught meditation. They go away somewhat confused when they are told that they have in fact been learning it for some time. Forms and kata, as stated previously, are like mediation in motion.

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