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I and powerful, but as you get older. It is much much easier on the body and

the puncher if you use as little effort as possible to block the punch.

The first technique is to simply “flick” the punch away. Just like you are

swating at a fly.

Redirecting the punch. As the punch nears the body, all you have to do is redirect the

punch with a “flick” of your hand. It is used very often in boxing, but no so often in

martial arts. There is really nothing to it. Just “flick” the punch away.

For a head punch. It is quite easy to “comb” the punch away. Just make the same motion

that you would use to comb the side of your hair. You can use a open or closed fist. All you

are doing is redirecting the punch past your ear and by your head, with a combing motion.

It is very easy and every effective.

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PUNCH BLOCKING SECRETS

t is very common with new martial artists to use a lot of power and effort

to block even the softest of punches. This is fine, when you are young, fast

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MEDITATION FOR MIND CONTROL

M can’t control your mind. You can’t control your body. You simply must have the

ability to control your thoughts and mind, and your mental attitude. Or you will loose control in

a fight, make the wrong move, panic or simply do nothing.

To do meditation. You must sit on the floor, in a crossed legged stance, with the left foot over the

right and the ankles touching. Keep the back very straight and the head straight. Breath in thru

your nose and out thru your mouth.

You must first learn to relax, and then to control the breath to be effective in your meditation.

Please let me add that I am a Christian. And I do not teach or advise any meditative technique

that has anything to do with Buddhism, or any cult. You can meditate and still be a Christian.

Meditation does not have to involve Oriental religious beliefs.

The fingers of the hand

should form small circles

with the index finger and

thumb. Then they lay across

the tops of your knees.

Breath in thru the nose

and out thru the mouth.

The next 7 pages give a good explanation of

meditative techniques, relaxation techniques

and “the Tiger Eye” for seeing everything.

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editation is an important part of the Martial Arts. So many schools only teach the

physical parts of the arts, but the mental is at least 50% of the martial arts. If you

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RELAXATION

The ability to relax cannot be overemphasized and can be defined for our

use to mean the ability to leave the game out of your body, but keep it in

your mind. Too many coaches and players lose points, games and get ulcers

because they cannot control their tempers or attitudes during the game

situation. They have let their reactions be determined by the actions of

other people, referees, or players. Therefore, they find themselves like

puppets on a string, ranting and raving, or awkward and clumsy because they

have destroyed the delicate relationship between the body and the mind.

They have let their emotions take a disproportionate part in their actions

and because of that they have lost their style, poise and grace. We have

all seen far too many cases of this and know it’s true. (For example: the

coach in the ball game who runs up and down the side lines, kicking the

ground and the players and screaming and shouting at the referee, the

player who can’t make a shot because he is so nervous and anxiety ridden,

the player who jumps off sides several times or who starts fights for the

slightest provocation.) The problem with these people is that they have

lost control of their body by letting their mind become confused and

disoriented. Your mind cannot think of two things at once and do a good job

on either one. You must have a calm mind if you want to make the shot, or

to think the play out. Your mind tells and directs your muscles to perform

as they have been conditioned but if your mind is racing between being

upset and making the shot,

Being angry and being relaxed then the muscles get contradictor y

information to them and subsequently do not perform as programmed but

become disco ordinated. The brain becomes confused by the huge influx of

emotional stimulus and can’t reason intelligently, perform adequately and

begins to send out all kinds of emergency signals to the body. You see,

your mind cannot distinguish between a vividly imagined event and an actual

occurrence. So when you begin to think angry, your brain interprets danger

and sends out the appropriate body responses. Your adrenaline starts to be

released, thereby causing the blood pressure to go up, the heart beats

faster, the stomach stops digesting and begins secreting acid, the eyes

dilate and the muscles become jerky and tensed. So your body is prepared

for attack or defense and when none comes the damage is irreversible. No

one is easier to handle than a drunk, or a man that has gone crazy and so

angry that he is like a wild man, he obviously can’t perform his primar y

function in the game and so your defense or offensive gets the advantage of

having one more player on their side functioning at peak condition and one

less on your side not only functioning poorly but probably causing others

to perform badly. Ulcers and lost games, fights and lost friends are just

some of the results of the inability to relax.

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Any great athletic performance seems effortless because the athlete has

practiced and practiced until he has programmed his body for the

appropriate response. He has learned to keep his mind calm and to relax

while performing, thereby conserving his energy and assuring a longer and

better performance. He is like a work of art, graceful and beautiful to

look at, because he has achieved harmony between his body and mind. A great

coach is the same thing. He has learned to teach and train his team with

patience, kindness and understanding. He has confidence in his team and his

coaching staff. He knows that they will do the best that they can, and that

the game is not the time to change previously conditioned responses or to

try to do a coaching job that should have been done in practice sessions.

So he remains calm and relaxed on the sidelines and usually winds up

winning. Of course there are coaches who become involved to a great extent

and are also winners, but they don’t last as long and generally pay for

their involvement with ulcers and loss of friends and support. No one likes

you when you are upset especially your own body. So let’s practice a form

of relaxation that takes only 3 minutes and can be as beneficial as 1 hour

of sleep.

Relaxation Technique: lie on the floor with the feet together and the palms

face down on the sides of the body. Look straight up and do not move the

eyes. This is important. Now take a deep breath, hold it for a second and

tighten the feet. Now relax and exhale. As you do, say mentally to

yourself, "relax, my feet are relaxed." Now take a deep breath and tighten

the calves. old the tension a second. As you release the breath say gently

to yourself "my calves are relaxed." Take another deep breath and tighten

the thighs. Hold it for a second. As you release the breath, relax the

thighs.

Your legs are now completely relaxed. You no longer wish to move your legs.

You could move your legs, but you no longer wish to move them. Take a deep

breath into your stomach, hold it. As the air leaves your stomach, relax

your stomach. Now breathe deeply into your lungs. As the air leaves your

lungs, relax your chest and let your breath become very subtle and soft.

Now breathe and tighten the arms and hands. Hold the tension a second. then

relax. As the breath leaves your arms become very relaxed. Your entire body

is now very relaxed and you feel as if you are floating on a cloud, ver y

calm and very relaxed. Take a breath and tighten your neck and shoulders.

Hold it and as you let your breath out relax your neck area. Now take a

breath and make a large frown, an ugly face. Now relax and breathe out, and

relax your face, more and more till your jaw almost drops open. Your entire

body is now completely relaxed and you feel extremely calm and relaxed. The

only thing left to relax are your eyes. Gently close your eyes. You should

immediately start dreaming now.

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Just let your mind roam and relax, dream of soft and nice things. Imagine

you are floating on a raft in a calm lake, or sailing on a cloud. Relax and

feel the air flow through your body, relax and dream. Relax and dream. Let

the mind float from one thought to the next, paying no special attention to

any thought. Just watch them come and go in the mind like you see cars come

and go on the highway. Relax and think of beautiful things. Think of

nature, music, art, of love. Relax and feel yourself floating.

Now when one wishes to come out of this relaxed atmosphere, one should not

just jump up. Gently open the eyes and take a deep breath and move the

fingertips and the toes, breathe again and move the arms and the legs,

breathe again and bend the arms and legs, and move the hips. Now take the

arms and rub the back of the neck and calmly sit up and relax in a

meditative posture for a few more seconds. You will feel very relaxed and

quite calm and refreshed. This is truly a valuable way of letting an

athlete relax and should be used by all serious students.

Three minutes of this relaxation is better for the body than 1 hour of

sleep because it calms the nerves, refreshes the spirit, and soothes the

mind. It is fast and simple to do and can be used after a workout or

running (three minutes of sitting on the side of the track with the head

between the legs trying to regain the breath after running does ver y little

to relax you, while three minutes of this exercise does wonders.)

You can do this exercise lying down and it is very helpful to those who

have trouble going to sleep. You can also do this standing up or sitting

down during the game on the sidelines. As a coach, just take a few deep

breaths and tighten the muscles just as if you were lying down. In a few

breaths you will begin to become calm and feel more relaxed. Just close

your eyes for a few seconds and suggest to yourself a few pleasant

thoughts. Your mind should become calm and relaxed and subsequently your

performance as a coach and player will be at its strongest point.

The mind cannot be relaxed and calm when the body is breathing fast and

furiously. So the necessity of regaining control over your breath as soon

as possible after exertion is very important. Often when we run, we begin

to experience anoxia and we get too much blood pumping too much oxygen and

lose the delicate balance between good and bad air in our bodies. So we

must use our mind to control our breathing and slow our breathing to allow

the oxygen, carbon dioxide stages to be equalized.

Deep Breathing, or Circular Breathing:

To be used when you find yourself breathing too fast after exercise or

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