How to Eliminate Reaction Time
Time is a more like a liquid than a solid, and it can be manipulated at will. At first glance, time is a fixed thing, used to measure the object and paths of the universe. A little martial arts training, however, will convince one that time is a measuring stick that is quite flexible.
To understand time is very simple, yet it requires that a person have a certain presence of mind. A person can gain this presence of mind by understanding the theory I am about to give you, and applying it to his martial art. The theory comes in four distinct stages, or steps.
To see, then think, then is the first step. After seeing a threat, and thinking about it, the beginner finally reacts. One could label this stage of training as the block and counter step.
The second step is to see/react. Through practice, the student eliminates having to think about a technique and goes from seeing a threat to reacting to it. A student is getting faster at this stage of timing, and he is usually able to block and counter with the same hand.
To merely react is the third step. The student is becoming more polished, and he doesn't even need to see a threat to react, he is actually starting to have a sixth sense when a threat is about and whirls to meet it. This stage would be a simultaneous block and counter stage.
The fourth step is act. A student perceives a threat developing and moves before it can result in a raised fist or launched foot. Simply, the person has eliminated rea-, which is reaction time, and is moving in the moment.
Mind of no mind is the meaning of the Japanese term Mushin no shin, and it means that a person is moving in the moment. A person is an actual master of the world at this stage, able to see things before they happen, and act accordingly, and he is not a victim of the world, only capable of reacting to a threat. Personal choice is immense and developing at this a stage.
The world is measured by time, but time is a perception of the world. If you train your perceptions, you can train yourself to handle the world. This is just one of the many blessings of a course of study in the martial arts.
About the Author:
Al Case has researched the martial arts for over more than forty years. It's time to visit him at Monster Martial Arts.
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