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The Limitless Spirit of the Martial
Art
by Marilyn Fierro
"Perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect
speed, my son, is being there". So says Master Chiang to his student Jonathan in
Richard Bach’s story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. We are limited only by that
which we cannot conceive. In the time before automobiles, airplanes and nuclear power, we
existed within the limits of our own creative mind. That which we cannot conceive, we
certainly cannot achieve.
As a martial artist the "I CAN’T" should not exist, for, if we choose to do
so, we can simply take the necessary steps to attain our goals.
How many times have we read f the accomplishments of martial artists who are disabled in
some manner? Were they truly disabled? No, because they took the necessary steps to
overcome their physical limitations.
What about the martial artist whose negative thoughts prevent him from earning rank,
winning trophies or executing a perfect side kick? Is this individual not the handicapped
one? By replacing negative thoughts with positive ones, by setting goals and working
toward achieving them, the possibilities are limitless.
When Bill "Superfoot" Wallace was told his knee injury would prevent him from
training as a martial artist, was that the end for him? No! He took the steps necessary to
develop left leg kicks, strengthened his almost useless right leg , and went on to become
the undefeated champion of full contact karate.
The perfection is in setting goals, achieving them and resetting goals. It is in the
striving to be even better. The archer who learns to hit the bulls eye 100% of the time,
now strives to center his arrow, and then to split the arrow, again and again, an
infinitesimal number of times. There is no end to this accomplishment , it goes on as long
as the idea exists, as long as there is a whole there will always be a piece of it with
which to work. This, then , is the perfection- it lies within the deed itself and the
constant training needed to improve upon the tiniest detail.
We have a conscious and subconscious mind. What we think reacts on our subconscious mind
to form a pattern for us. Thus, a negative thought will be reinforced and cause in
action a great deal of negativity. This reflects into our world as the inability to attain
success, the non-belief in ourselves and others, and ultimately, ill health. Conversely, a
positive thought creates within us a proper mental attitude. Now we have the ability to
attain anything to which we put our minds.
The key to this is simple, we cannot deny the existence of negativity but we can see it
for what it is and allow it to slide by. We need not accept negativity! Replace negative
Thought with positive and create for yourself a winning attitude. Dr. Maxwell Maltz, in
his book, PSYCHOCYBERNETICS, details the use of mental imagery to create this positive
attitude.
Controlled scientific studies were conducted on tennis players of similar skill level.
Four groups were formed. One was to play tennis each day; one was to watch films and use
visualization techniques; the third was to do nothing; and the fourth was to both study
and play tennis. As would be expected, the group which did nothing showed a marked decline
in skill and the group which played showed a slight increase in skill. Unexpectedly, the
group which used visualization also showed a small increase of skill level and the group
which di both were able to demonstrate a marked increase. This type of survey was repeated
with martial artists and the results were reported by Tom Seabourne in KICK ILLUSTRATED,
September, 1983.
Time spent mentally practicing your technique can and will be rewarded with perfection of
that technique. Mike Stone’s current motivational seminars contain within them this
same idea. Knowing you are a winner, seeing yourself with the trophy and accepting nothing
less as your reality. Ninety-three recorded fights and ninety-three recorded wins proves
this idea to be true for Mr. Stone.
We have the ability to be whatever we wish to be, "there are no limits" simply
conceive the idea, set the goal. Take the steps and be there. But, you must BELIEVE.
"To fly as fast as thought to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing you have
already arrived."
About The Author: Marilyn Fierro has owned and operated the Isshinryu Karate Academy in
Smithtown, New York, since 1980. In addition, she holds a Sandan (7th degree) in Isshinryu
Karate and is under the guidance of Nick Adler.
May 1988/Tae Kwon Do Times
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