Chris McKinley wrote:Very nice....I would claim that relaxation holds forth for any physical activity, not just sport or martial arts. The very same happens in music, dance, physical labor, painting, etc.
everyone I know who has been a hard-core endurance athlete for many years is a covert religious mystic due to these types of experiences.”
C.J.Wang wrote:Ahh....the old relaxation vs. tension discussion. The poor horse has been dead, beaten, buried, dug up, and beaten yet once again.
I'd say that anatomically speaking, without muscular tension, we'd all be lying on the ground like vegetables. So of course muscular tension is important, it's just that in IMA you learn how to tense muscle in ways that are, quoting Dr. Fish, "unnatural" and may feel relaxed to you or appear relaxed to bystanders.
zenshiite wrote:The last part is interesting too, and kind points out the link between IMA and Taoist mysticism... and of course, even EMA(wai jia) and Buddhist mysticism. “At some level,” Dr. Joyner added, “everyone I know who has been a hard-core endurance athlete for many years is a covert religious mystic due to these types of experiences.”
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