http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/the-role-of-meditation-in-martial-arts Wed, 12 May 2010 00:42:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/the-role-of-meditation-in-martial-arts/comment-page-1#comment-397 Greg Crozier Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:43:15 +0000 http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/?p=1440#comment-397 I think meditation and mental imagery go hand in hand. Where meditation is used to clear the mind (some would say to open it to new learning), mental imagery is used to focus the mind on something very specific and the results are clearly proven, once the person doing it has some skill with it. Last I heard (this goes back a few years), practicing 'in your head' with as much concentration as you use in real life gives you nearly the same benefit as physical practice. Something to think about between classes, but I would say there is a clear benefit to meditation. Most who have tried it for a while realize it too. I think meditation and mental imagery go hand in hand. Where meditation is used to clear the mind (some would say to open it to new learning), mental imagery is used to focus the mind on something very specific and the results are clearly proven, once the person doing it has some skill with it. Last I heard (this goes back a few years), practicing ‘in your head’ with as much concentration as you use in real life gives you nearly the same benefit as physical practice. Something to think about between classes, but I would say there is a clear benefit to meditation. Most who have tried it for a while realize it too.

]]> http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/the-role-of-meditation-in-martial-arts/comment-page-1#comment-396 Bart Scovill Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:00:05 +0000 http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/?p=1440#comment-396 Excellent article. Ignoring the Yin side of the martial arts only leads to unhealthy training and a short martial arts career. Excellent article. Ignoring the Yin side of the martial arts only leads to unhealthy training and a short martial arts career.

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