Meditating before class

[Corpand]

I spoke to a Sensei who told me that it really helps to focus through class if you meditate before class. What benefits do you think this could actually bring?

[Jussi Häkkinen]

Relaxing, concentrating to the class.

 

I personally prefer "active meditation" and cut the zen-gibberish away by warming up and preparing that way to training. It'll relax you, warm up your body and makes you ready to training both mentally and physically.

[smr]

Relaxing, concentrating to the class.

 

I personally prefer "active meditation" and cut the zen-gibberish away by warming up and preparing that way to training. It'll relax you, warm up your body and makes you ready to training both mentally and physically.

 

Amen

[ShotokanKid]

We meditate before and after training. It's like Jussi Hakkinen wrote, it relaxes you and lets you concentrate.

[AnonymousOne]

We dont do this in our school and I wouldnt anyway because of my religious beliefs which excludes this and no I am not going to expound or argue why

 

[karatekid1975]

Same here, Shotokankid. We meditate, before and after class. We also do "breathing" exercises. To me, it's to clear my mind ... I read someone on here say that it is time for them to tell their brain to shut up and start listening. I thought that was a perfect quote LOL. I think it was Hudson, I believe. It's basically what I do for the meditation at the beginning of class. The after class one, I reflect on what we did.

[Karate-addict]

During meditation you should try to achieve the same state of mind as when doing a kata, which basically means you should try to achive the state of mind as when doing karate. The mind of no-mind or no thoughts that is called mushin also zanshin or total awareness.

[A. Orstrom]

We do a bit of meditation as well.

 

It really helps to leave your everyday worries and distractions at the door.

[isshinryu5toforever]

Our school meditates before class. It doesn't have to be taken as a religious exercise. We use it to focus on the task at hand, and try to put all the problems of that day in the back of our minds. Meditation can also be helpful if you need to concentrate on a specific thing, even a Bible passage you have just read, which I have done. I sometimes gain a better understanding of what I have just read by meditating on it for a little while.

[Kara]

We use it to focus on the task at hand, and try to put all the problems of that day in the back of our minds. Meditation can also be helpful if you need to concentrate on a specific thing, even a Bible passage you have just read, which I have done. I sometimes gain a better understanding of what I have just read by meditating on it for a little while.

Amen true dat!