For a punch to be effective there are several necessary items. There must be sufficientfocus to a precise spot in space. It must be void of energy.
That's right, a punch must be empty. You have heard that the word Karate means 'Empty Hands.' People have thought that this means you hold no weapons, but they are wrong. What it really means is that the hand is actually empty, having no energy, and therefore mass.
It is an interesting sensation to strike with no mass. Taken to its highest and purest altitude, it means that you do not feel the strike, and this is possible. This would mean that you are not really inside the body, and you are throwing the body like a big freakin' ghost would throw a chair.
On lesser levels it means that you don't experience the sensation of weight. Why can a child bend his legs and run under a table with no effort, when if you bent your legs and did the same thing it would take tremendous effort? Because the child hasn't absorbed the concept of weight, yet.
So how do you achieve this sensation of no weight? You achieve it through training the mind. You train the mind by training the body, and you train the body by making it do forms.
People who don't think much of of forms haven't done them sufficient to see what happens at the end. You become lightly removed from your body when you master a form, and you experience different perceptions when it comes to motion. It is very interesting feel the whistling sensation of being an object thrown through space when you do a form.
The good news is that this is a pleasant sensation, and yet, when done in a strike, it results in the most unimaginable damage to an opponent you...never imagined. Simply, he doesn't have a defense for something that is apart from the body, and the body of the universe, and seems to slip between time and perception. This, incidentally, is the feeling of Mushin no shin, mind of no mind.
In the end, let me tell you that you must practice feeling no weight, but when you strike, your body is going to weigh the same, and then some, to your opponent. Just because you have taken your mind off considering weight doesn't mean that the weight isn't there. Actually, it is even more there, because your opponent is going to have greater consideration for incoming weight when it moves ever faster and without any consideration for his...safety.
That's right, a punch must be empty. You have heard that the word Karate means 'Empty Hands.' People have thought that this means you hold no weapons, but they are wrong. What it really means is that the hand is actually empty, having no energy, and therefore mass.
It is an interesting sensation to strike with no mass. Taken to its highest and purest altitude, it means that you do not feel the strike, and this is possible. This would mean that you are not really inside the body, and you are throwing the body like a big freakin' ghost would throw a chair.
On lesser levels it means that you don't experience the sensation of weight. Why can a child bend his legs and run under a table with no effort, when if you bent your legs and did the same thing it would take tremendous effort? Because the child hasn't absorbed the concept of weight, yet.
So how do you achieve this sensation of no weight? You achieve it through training the mind. You train the mind by training the body, and you train the body by making it do forms.
People who don't think much of of forms haven't done them sufficient to see what happens at the end. You become lightly removed from your body when you master a form, and you experience different perceptions when it comes to motion. It is very interesting feel the whistling sensation of being an object thrown through space when you do a form.
The good news is that this is a pleasant sensation, and yet, when done in a strike, it results in the most unimaginable damage to an opponent you...never imagined. Simply, he doesn't have a defense for something that is apart from the body, and the body of the universe, and seems to slip between time and perception. This, incidentally, is the feeling of Mushin no shin, mind of no mind.
In the end, let me tell you that you must practice feeling no weight, but when you strike, your body is going to weigh the same, and then some, to your opponent. Just because you have taken your mind off considering weight doesn't mean that the weight isn't there. Actually, it is even more there, because your opponent is going to have greater consideration for incoming weight when it moves ever faster and without any consideration for his...safety.
About the Author:
Al Case has practiced the martial arts for forty years. You can learn The Perfect Punch at Monster Martial Arts.
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