Natural Body Awareness and Movement

[Alan Armstrong]

Tone; not only what you say but how you say it.

Attending a language conference, the speaker asked "How would you ask someone out for lunch" there were many polite, long drawn out replies to the question.

I raised my hand, the main speaker pointed at me, I stood up and said "Hungary?"

There was a genuine pause and a look back from the main speaker, of what do you mean.

So I repeat the word again "Hungary?"

Well then the penny dropped and the rest of the attendees caught on also.

Tone and intonations together can get ideas across very quickly, without all of the verbal misuses.

(As with Wing Chun efficiency; if it can be done with one move, then do it)

At this language conferences I was just the driver and not a professor of English, just "hungry" from the long drive there.

English professors similar to martial artists, it is possible to like the subject too much and draw things out than seeking for efficiency and effectiveness.

There is beauty in simplicity in a pen or a boxing glove just depends who is holding or wearing it.