So I've been working on my five techniques this past while, tossing out some and refining others. With this time of the year being very busy for most, including myself, I have has to work with multiple different people. This is a real eye opener. What works with one person falls off the rails with a different person and that forces me to adapt the technique. This is a good thing.
Yesterday, while working with test subject Alpha, I was tasked with the possibility of having to maybe modify a clearing block that works great on test subject Beta and not at all on test subject Gamma. Alpha asked me what my intent was, to block or attack, to clear the kick or to position my attacker for the next "finishing" move. That forced me to think and not just react. We played with both for a bit and I could really see the difference, and I found it came down to something I really struggle with, my Spirit.
In the six harmonies, number one of the internals, spirit to intent, is something I really think about deeply. Only I can know my spirit, who I am, how far I will go given a certain circumstance, I can't just skip the first one because I need to get to the second one, intent to chi. Even writing this blog is difficult, there are so many variables that fall into this concept. Am I aggressive, passive, decisive, uncertain, angry, sad, the conflict for me is hard to define as every situation is and will be different.
By working with multiple partners on this, I feel I am starting to come to grip with this. Size, speed, injuries, some of the hundreds of variables that blur through my mind as a technique is being done. I am super glad for the controlled environment that the Kwoon brings as it allows me to safely work with my partners, they can be the best good bad guys and I can learn with each repetition. Anger, fear, adrenaline, hesitation, these can be tamed or at least minimized and I can learn how to deal with them as they rear their ugly heads.
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