space no force, force no space
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:22 am
when to use force? When there is no space. How to cover space? use no force.
What are your thoughts on the issue of space and use of force? Lately. I've come to see my martial arts practice as the physical training necessary to develop and apply my spatial intelligence
to various problems of conflict or restraint. To be able to remain in an optimal space in relation to any external object, in order for my forces to act purely within the dimensions necessary for there fulfillment.
if I want to punch my opponent in stomach, I need to be in a certain space from which only the most direct extension of my body, that final bridging of the space between us, is needed to deliver the force. When one realizes that as long as their was space their was no use for force, then one sees where ones movements become brutal and dumb, becoming clumsy and stiff as you force yourself through space to arrive at your opponent, with what? A body empty of power, incapable of producing a full effect on ones opponent. What is the pure spatial movement? The movement precisely attuned to the needs of the body in space: to cover distance while residing in equilibrium. What is the pure forceful movement? It is a pure delivery, a transmission between two points, it is entirely invisible because the force goes through the object, through the body. When one holds a pole at one end and places the other end on the wall, and then gives a push, where was the force? From your body it passed through the pole to the wall. As long as we are forceful in our treatment of space and spatial in our treatment of force, as long as we are depending on force to govern our movements and depending on movement to generate our force, we will never fully grasp the primary technique of force transmission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LVfiHbuj1w
In the above video we can see the pure spatial movement with the force passing through the body rather than dictating the movement. The movement is dictated by the need to cover distance while remaining balanced. The force is only "issued".
What are your thoughts on the issue of space and use of force? Lately. I've come to see my martial arts practice as the physical training necessary to develop and apply my spatial intelligence
to various problems of conflict or restraint. To be able to remain in an optimal space in relation to any external object, in order for my forces to act purely within the dimensions necessary for there fulfillment.
if I want to punch my opponent in stomach, I need to be in a certain space from which only the most direct extension of my body, that final bridging of the space between us, is needed to deliver the force. When one realizes that as long as their was space their was no use for force, then one sees where ones movements become brutal and dumb, becoming clumsy and stiff as you force yourself through space to arrive at your opponent, with what? A body empty of power, incapable of producing a full effect on ones opponent. What is the pure spatial movement? The movement precisely attuned to the needs of the body in space: to cover distance while residing in equilibrium. What is the pure forceful movement? It is a pure delivery, a transmission between two points, it is entirely invisible because the force goes through the object, through the body. When one holds a pole at one end and places the other end on the wall, and then gives a push, where was the force? From your body it passed through the pole to the wall. As long as we are forceful in our treatment of space and spatial in our treatment of force, as long as we are depending on force to govern our movements and depending on movement to generate our force, we will never fully grasp the primary technique of force transmission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LVfiHbuj1w
In the above video we can see the pure spatial movement with the force passing through the body rather than dictating the movement. The movement is dictated by the need to cover distance while remaining balanced. The force is only "issued".