Aggression - I have none!

[sensei8]

Often what is meant by a lack of aggression is that the mind and senses are not following the actions. To do this requires focus and a very high level of concentration. This is the driving force without which all techniques would be meaningless and unusable.

The purpose of mental training in martial arts is to develop, cultivate and control the natural sense of danger. By using the mind to visualize it is possible to produce the response to danger without actually being in any danger. The aim is to mentally create a danger that is real enough to provoke the same actions and reactions. Doing this provides an object on which to concentrate and focus. This is the first step to becoming able to use aggressivity as an advantage.

Aggressivity alone is very dangerous and it will always fail sooner or later. Only when it is controlled, measured and used with good judgement does it turn into an advantage. This idea can be explained in many ways, but I like to call it the "one chance total commitment principle"

When training one must perform each and every move as if one had only one chance and without a second of hesitation. Defense and attack are the same single move and the outcome depends entirely on that one single move. When one moves, it must always be forward, always advancing with focussed determination.

Solid post!!

Aggression can be counter-productive; one doesn't need to be aggressive to be effective.

[cheesefrysamurai]

I have the same problem.

At my previous school I didn't really like it. It was a lot of pressure and sensei sensed it and I eventually did get more comfortable.

At the school I am currently attending, My instructor is also a kyokushin practitioner and he completely changed my outlook on kumite. Its fun now, we have a good time with it. You have to see the shots as conditioning and take it. i do my best not to let them phase me. Its the only way to learn. eventually your strengths will come out.