Any physical action and any voluntary movement are produced by a joint working body and mind. It is the spirit that starts the process by "sending information" which then controls a particular physical action. But much more, the spirit continues to play an important role during the action because the same action can be achieved in many different ways.
In the martial art, what we mean by "internal", is neither more nor less than "introspection" to make a move "correctly", ie meeting certain performance criteria, depending on the purpose ...
Labour subtle especially impressive Seigo Okamoto Sensei of Daitoryu
Introspection remains in any bodily practice when you want access to a higher level of control. Thus, dancers, actors, acrobats and athletes will all need to work some form of introspection when he wants to refine and improve their actions accurately and selectively.
Similarly, in the martial art, we find this type of work in the tradition of different civilizations scattered at times. In the excellent "Iron Cross, violence and culture of the sword in modern France (XVI - XVIII century)," one can read these few lines punctuated with quotations from works of Sir Labat, rather explicit:
The quest for the harmony of body and mind based fencing since it depicts the sum of physiological rules, imperceptible, that only the voluntary exercise and disciplined to discover. In its way, fencer's body - like the great scientific adventure of the century just past - is a heaven to discover. "You know that point everything was made in nature, either by movement of the stars or men that can not be done by agreement, or the harmony of the body that compose them. This However, how can we do an exercise without this unit? She also argues that men and empires. " Experiment, learn the art of arms joined an art of introspection, where introspection is needed to defeat an opponent, always less formidable than oneself. Appropriately enough, the scholar Note: "I understand that gradually the difficulties of the arts and sciences do not seem in proportion to their extent that intelligence approach, quality of exercise that people should look for." The mortal coil is the vector, the relay tools which must mean the work of the will over the organs and give to see a harmony between body and mind.
Thus, the work of the body, mind and what unites them both is the most comprehensive approach to the martial art and allows a development of the individual in accordance with its own nature.
In general, the practice of traditional martial art is, moreover, clearly linked to 3 main goals:
- The protection of our lives and those of others.
- The protection and harmonious development of our state of physical and mental.
- The harmonious development and integration of our people in the environment that surrounds us.
The first of these motivations is the heart of practice for self-defense, often the first impulse. The second dimension is less present in the West today, but was once one of the biggest reasons for the practice and study of the martial art: health. The third and last of the "main motivation" is clearly related to a spiritual quest.
Labour Minoru sensei Akuzawa as taught in school, aunke
The idea of "inner strength" is often defined as a force "non-muscular. Although it is difficult to imagine a movement, whatever can be produced without the intervention of the muscles that connect the different joints and allow the body to move, you may instead use design different from them. This different use of the body "effortless" is the characteristic of newborns, which suggests it is linked to some kind of instinct.
Laozi (Daode ejing, 55) had no OTE his time " He who has a solid virtue is like a newborn who does not fear the bite of poisonous animals, nor the claws of wild beasts, or the talons of birds of prey.
His bones are weak, his nerves are soft, and yet he gripped objects. He does not know yet the union of the two sexes, and yet some parts (of his body) are having an orgasm male. This comes from the perfection of the seed ... "
Introduction zhanzhuang by Lam kam chuen and his master, Yu Yongnian, a disciple of Wang Xiangzhai
Then different methods are affordable under different pedagogies but going towards the same goal.
Yiquan is one of them, moreover, probably one of the easiest ...
