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Zen Koans as they originate from Zen masters testing or challenging Zen students with parables, i.e., simple stories used to trigger a sudden realization in the student of a moral nature. Martial (Zen-like) Koan (or parable like quotes) studies are taking the practice of Zen Koan’s to trigger on-going realizations in the study of martial quotes that will lead toward martial enlightenment - toward a spiritual state of mind that allows for change. It is through such changes that both the discipline and the student can achieve higher levels of understanding through acquired knowledge and experience. Welcome to the “Martial (Zen-like) Koan Studies!”


Koans, or parables (a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson).”


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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

an end-state

“Power isn't an end-state. There are no weak or strong people, just people at different places on a given continuum. And power is not linear. I am stronger than K, but she is smarter and more artistic than I am. R has more money, but J has more skills. Q can access a deep level of viciousness, but W can access an equally deep level of empathy. Power is not a scale but a net of ever-interconnecting methods of affecting the world. And in each strand of the net, you have attributes and skills that both affect the strength. AND … Power is about growth or stagnation. Comfort with power is required to use it.” - Rory Miller, Chiron Blog, “On Power.”


Comment: When power is mentioned to certain groups the very first thought that comes to their minds, assumption and conjecture involved here, is how much force they can apply with a punch or a kick. Seldom do you hear about the variety of power and force one can access and apply in life’s many disciplines. Real power can be many things, it can be an ability to avoid conflict and violence and it can be what is applied to stop a threat quickly with limited damage to both parties. A weak person can have more power applied than a very strong person, i.e., one of small and slight stature and the other large and muscular with a larger structure and stature. There is a limited amount of force and power each person has where the level applied matters more in its efficiency rather than muscularly. It comes down to the physics of it, the physiokinetic applications optimally and efficiently applied. Sometimes power is more about our minds then our bodies. The ability to think and reason trumps the ability to hit hard, fast and with maximum power and force. Hitting with the mind in avoidance and deescalation is far more powerful than applying a particular martial techniques with power and force.

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