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Post by Bob Davis on Jul 25, 2011 9:30:36 GMT
Having had this experience this weekend I would recommend that you try it BUT be warned, if you do it properly it is a VERY intense experience (but that's the point I suppose).
Contrary to what Steve's list says I actually found my eyes tearing up during the visualisation side of stage 3 and then I "went for it", to the extent that would I have been ready to kill during a "solo" Kata performance, very probably. This may sound silly but it wasn't a conscious thought, just the place I was in at the moment. I would say that the response was so deep that I'm still having a physical and emotional reaction whilst typing this 24 hours later.
Took me a good while to come back down after but I recognised the feeling from a (very few) real times in my life when I've been there so I know it was real.
As to whether the kata still looked like kata and what the actual form was like I honestly couldn't tell you.
As Steve says though, you will need to go deep and make it real (may not be comfortable), just going through the motions won't do it.
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Post by superjock on Jul 25, 2011 9:58:50 GMT
Bloody hell Steve if this is what you are giving us for nowt I can't wait for the book This is going to take a day or three to digest
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Post by fujicolt on Jul 25, 2011 18:22:33 GMT
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Post by fujicolt on Jul 25, 2011 18:25:37 GMT
Having had this experience this weekend I would recommend that you try it BUT be warned, if you do it properly it is a VERY intense experience (but that's the point I suppose). Contrary to what Steve's list says I actually found my eyes tearing up during the visualisation side of stage 3 and then I "went for it", to the extent that would I have been ready to kill during a "solo" Kata performance, very probably. This may sound silly but it wasn't a conscious thought, just the place I was in at the moment. I would say that the response was so deep that I'm still having a physical and emotional reaction whilst typing this 24 hours later. Took me a good while to come back down after but I recognised the feeling from a (very few) real times in my life when I've been there so I know it was real. As to whether the kata still looked like kata and what the actual form was like I honestly couldn't tell you. As Steve says though, you will need to go deep and make it real (may not be comfortable), just going through the motions won't do it. Bob, His lovely Wife Stella and his grown son Phil came to visit me this weekend - it was great to see them. When Bob, Phil and I did some training I used them as Guinea Pigs and put them through stages 1, 2 and 3. For stage three I asked them to visualise Stella being attacked - jeez did they go for it and Both experienced real FFS SRC 'DUMP'. great effort guys.
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Post by fujicolt on Jul 25, 2011 18:26:40 GMT
Bloody hell Steve if this is what you are giving us for nowt I can't wait for the book This is going to take a day or three to digest Andrewe - yer welcome I hope you enjoy the article - lets have some feed back so i can make it better as a chapter in the book! Thanks Mate!
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Post by jimlukelkc on Jul 25, 2011 18:30:51 GMT
I strive very hard to teach ( where appropriate ) the necessity of realism and visualisation in training however the difficulties I have come up with are firstly it is inappropriate to cause stress or angst among young students so this becomes a no-no in a mixed class and secondly with students who are unused to using mental imagery in day to day activities it is a difficult skill to learn and also those students who have no experience of violent confrontation find it difficult to imagine and even more difficult to overcome. I agree it is essential if we are teaching self-defence to include this type of training but much easier to access the correct mind-set for those of us who have experienced the fear in the first place.
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Post by genkaimade on Jul 25, 2011 21:08:05 GMT
I strive very hard to teach ( where appropriate ) the necessity of realism and visualisation in training however the difficulties I have come up with are firstly it is inappropriate to cause stress or angst among young students so this becomes a no-no in a mixed class and secondly with students who are unused to using mental imagery in day to day activities it is a difficult skill to learn and also those students who have no experience of violent confrontation find it difficult to imagine and even more difficult to overcome. I agree it is essential if we are teaching self-defence to include this type of training but much easier to access the correct mind-set for those of us who have experienced the fear in the first place. I guess this is why it's important that kumite - especially the prearranged stuff that junior grades do - is done as realistically as possible!
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Post by fujicolt on Jul 25, 2011 22:03:32 GMT
PLease go to the reposted version of the article as I have got things in the correct : Article and then comments order for yer - SORRY! LOL!
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