This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a seminar taught by Kyoshi Bill Hayes. Major Hayes is the author of “My Journey With The Grandmaster”. I wrote about a previous seminar I attended in the post Get Uncomfortable.
If you have the opportunity to attend a seminar by Kyoshi Hayes, I highly recommend attending. Make sure to bring paper and a pen…you will need them. If you have not read the book “My Journey With The Grandmaster”....read it. It will change the way you think about training.
I want to share with you one of the concepts presented at the seminar. The dojo wall was lined with charts, definitions and concepts. I have pages of notes but one line of text on a chart jumped off the page for me.
Written on the third line of the chart comparing "martial science" to "martial arts" was the following:
Martial science - end of motion bunkai.
Martial arts...in between motion.
Wow...
Focus on the "in between".
Enjoy your training!
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7 comments:
Very thought provoking! Martial arts are the in-between motion. What is in-between motion? This sounds like a koan to me. Thanks for sharing.
Yep. For me, it's all about the 'in-between'.
I agree wholeheartedly. All of the meaning is "in-between". If we think of our form in terms of flow (like water) then how we move from point A to point B (in-between). Taking it a step further..if your form is truely flowing like water the "in-betweens" are so tight that the form becomes a single action rather than a series of related actions.
I like it.
Do you know if Kyoshi Hayes had a list of upcoming seminars?
Thanks for the comments! :)
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Thanks again,
Michele
Hopefully Blogger can retrieve the comments. I had wondered if you know if Kyoshi Hayes has a list of upcoming seminars?
Journeyman: Sorry for the delayed response. I have been checking but have not found a list of upcoming seminars for Kyoshi Hayes. In July, he will be in PA for the IKKF Annual Training.
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