Montana Posted Monday at 07:43 PM Posted Monday at 07:43 PM On 11/13/2024 at 10:38 PM, KarateKen said: What about the other 90%? oops! I meant 100% SHEESH! I'm old, give me a break here! lol 1 If you don't want to stand behind our troops, please..feel free to stand in front of them.Student since January 1975---4th Dan, retired due to non-martial arts related injuries.
KarateKen Posted Tuesday at 11:28 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 11:28 PM On 3/3/2025 at 11:43 AM, Montana said: oops! I meant 100% SHEESH! I'm old, give me a break here! lol Fair enough.
Spartacus Maximus Posted Wednesday at 02:39 AM Posted Wednesday at 02:39 AM For the longest time mokuso was something that was done with only very limited or no explicit explanation as to its purpose. Nor did previous instructors ever really tell anyone what we were supposed to be doing for that 2-5 minutes before or after the training session. We were just meant to breathe and concentrate…and everyone did because that is what one is expected to do when training in a Japanese/Okinawan dojo. Finally and luckily an excellent Okinawan instructor explained that, mokuso, in his view had a more practical purpose rather than just spiritual or intellectual theory. The martial/training purpose is to practise natural abdominal breathing(diaphragm), focus the mind and train ourselves to become more aware and conscious of our environment. All very useful for anticipating an attack and avoiding or countering without having to think about it. This, he explained, was essential to developing instinctive techniques and when mastered to a high degree can appear like a « sixth sense »
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