The martial arts are often held up as a rite of passage. Rite of passage is a common concept amongst societies of a tribal nature. But, the current society doesn't really need rites of passage, rather, it needs a logical approach to make the martial arts easier to learn and more effective.
This, of course, means that the bully boy attitude of many instructors is going to have to go on the skids. The idea that you have to be a man to do something needs to be re-evaluated. Really, to grow up in this society means that you have to learn how to think.
There are three stages in this thinking process, and, unfortunately one of them is unknown. The three stages are CBM, which means Coordinated Body Motion, matrixing, and mushin no shin, which I shall explain. Of the three, nobody even knows that matrixing exists.
CBM is the concept of using the body as one unit. This means that all parts of the body start motion at the same time, and end motion at the same time. Though this has been held up as a rather mystical concept in the past, one need merely judge the mass and range and so on of the various body parts and go about integrating them through analysis of simple motions inherent in the martial arts.
Matrixing is the analysis and then handling of the various potential forces and flows in the martial arts. As complex as this sounds, Matrixing is accomplished on a simple graph, and it reveals all the things that one doesn't know. Hidden techniques and mysterious moves are easily discovered once one Matrixes his martial art.
Mushin no shin means Mind of No Mind in Japanese. I have also referred to it as Time of no Time, and it means that the person has managed to ignore the clutter of the human mind and can analyze reality as it is, in the here and now. Interestingly, in spite of the fact that Matrixing has been unknown, a rare few people have managed to achieve Mushin No Shin, but they have been unable to pass it on, for there has been no readily understandable science to describe it, let alone train students in the concept.
Matrixing is incredible important, as it presents a method for a human being to overcome a mind that isn't fully functioning and perceive, and have doings with, reality as it is. No more illusions about the actual doings of reality. And, this means that you don't have to use a rite of passage to beat somebody up so he can learn something that, if the mind weren't faulty, would be obvious.
Interestingly, I came across matrixing graphs by making long lists of martial arts techniques, and searching for the most efficient method for crossing the lists and discovering all the tricks of the martial arts. What I didn't know was that I was going to uncover all the potentials of motion, and open up a universe that I did not know existed. Well, you know ten times what I did before I began matrixing, so give it a try, and let me know of your success...and there will be successes. - 31491
This, of course, means that the bully boy attitude of many instructors is going to have to go on the skids. The idea that you have to be a man to do something needs to be re-evaluated. Really, to grow up in this society means that you have to learn how to think.
There are three stages in this thinking process, and, unfortunately one of them is unknown. The three stages are CBM, which means Coordinated Body Motion, matrixing, and mushin no shin, which I shall explain. Of the three, nobody even knows that matrixing exists.
CBM is the concept of using the body as one unit. This means that all parts of the body start motion at the same time, and end motion at the same time. Though this has been held up as a rather mystical concept in the past, one need merely judge the mass and range and so on of the various body parts and go about integrating them through analysis of simple motions inherent in the martial arts.
Matrixing is the analysis and then handling of the various potential forces and flows in the martial arts. As complex as this sounds, Matrixing is accomplished on a simple graph, and it reveals all the things that one doesn't know. Hidden techniques and mysterious moves are easily discovered once one Matrixes his martial art.
Mushin no shin means Mind of No Mind in Japanese. I have also referred to it as Time of no Time, and it means that the person has managed to ignore the clutter of the human mind and can analyze reality as it is, in the here and now. Interestingly, in spite of the fact that Matrixing has been unknown, a rare few people have managed to achieve Mushin No Shin, but they have been unable to pass it on, for there has been no readily understandable science to describe it, let alone train students in the concept.
Matrixing is incredible important, as it presents a method for a human being to overcome a mind that isn't fully functioning and perceive, and have doings with, reality as it is. No more illusions about the actual doings of reality. And, this means that you don't have to use a rite of passage to beat somebody up so he can learn something that, if the mind weren't faulty, would be obvious.
Interestingly, I came across matrixing graphs by making long lists of martial arts techniques, and searching for the most efficient method for crossing the lists and discovering all the tricks of the martial arts. What I didn't know was that I was going to uncover all the potentials of motion, and open up a universe that I did not know existed. Well, you know ten times what I did before I began matrixing, so give it a try, and let me know of your success...and there will be successes. - 31491
About the Author:
Al Case has practiced the martial arts for 4O+ years. He has written dozens of articles and had his own column in Inside Kung Fu. You can learn more about his Matrixing Method in a free ebook available at Monster Monster Martial Arts.
