Meditation....

Have really been enjoying having Datu Shishir in town. He is the man who started my journey in FMA, and is still guiding it. He is also my Spiritual Advisor. We have been working on flow, and on mediatation. They are connected. Flow in martial arts requires us to be in the moment, to be dealing with the attack that is really happening, not the attack that we want to be happening. Sometimes an attack and parry looks the same, but the texture, the energy is different, our parry is not strong enough, and we need to move around the attack, to ride it out and move in behind it, or maybe boom, we are strong, and early, we catch it early, and jam it before it can extend, then we are already inside, and different opportunities present themselves. Or maybe we neither win nor lose the crossing, so, now, we need to create an opportunity. What is true in FMA is true in sidesword and shield, just the names are different. I encourage all Martial Artists to explore some form of meditation, being in the moment will improve your art, and your life.