| I will explain one of the several techniques on how any | | | | So what's wrong with that you might think? Well there |
| karate student can have the perfect mind set to | | | | isn't anything wrong is you just want to be an average |
| enable him or her to achieve perfect execution in any | | | | student, but if you want to achieve and maintain the |
| movement or technique. | | | | ultimate level of training and performance in karate |
| First I have to tell you a little story that will explain how | | | | then pay attention to the following information. |
| mind set and/or mental focus works. During a seminar I | | | | Here are the steps in having and mastering your |
| asked the students to focus and try to remember | | | | mental focus and mind set: |
| everything that was the color black in the room for 30 | | | | 1. Always focus on using your whole body as one unit |
| seconds. After I told them to close their eyes and to | | | | when training a movement, technique or performance. |
| tell me everything that was brown in the same room | | | | 2. Don't think of power, speed or anything specific. |
| as they had focused before. | | | | 3. Just let your mind and body act and react to |
| Now they were a bit confused and felt a little | | | | whatever you need to do. |
| betrayed... | | | | 4. The only thing you have in your mind is that you are |
| When they opened their eyes I told them the reason | | | | concentrating that your whole body is for example: |
| they could remember more things that were black vs. | | | | punching, kicking, fighting etc... but the focus is on the |
| brown in the room is because I guided them to focus | | | | whole body versus just concentrating on one individual |
| on what I wanted them to focus and they didn't pay | | | | movement or technique. |
| attention to anything else in that room. | | | | Review: |
| As karate students we tend to do exactly the same | | | | Just do everything in karate by focusing or |
| thing as in the above example. Student are always | | | | concentrating that it's the whole body that will act or |
| focusing on being strong, powerful, fast doing this or | | | | react to whatever situation that needs to be done. |
| that in their training or even in competition. | | | | |