Poetry In Motion

I attended a martial arts seminar a while back. It was fun and informative. I've decided to put into words some of my experiences and resulting thoughts and feelings on things learned there.

Economy of motion is essential. We did a few movements in the seminar that might have otherwise been effective, but relied too much on excessive motion. Couple this with the lack of training against a resisting partner, and that's how you get movements and techniques that wind up with marginal effectiveness.

A similar concept to economy of motion is how much effort is required. If you must put 100% effort into a technique to make it work with a non-resisting partner, that technique is not likely to work against a resisting opponent.

Another similar concept is that of natural movement in motion. I've heard expert martial artists be referred to as "poetry in motion." This is what happens when a person gets adept at a really fundamental movement and makes it look very easy. This is the level of expertise to which we should all aspire. 


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