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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

designed to hurt and damage and overwhelm

“Attacks are designed to hurt and damage and overwhelm. Offensive moves in sparring, as often as not, are designed to deceive, disconcert or score … which are very different things. .. When it is an assault, you add the element of surprise and it becomes a flurry of damage with no thought of defense.” - Rory Miller, Facing Violence


Comment: I often think, “Can, MA SD programs see the hints?” Do we still make the assumptions that any attack is how all attacks occur whether in competition or a fight or an attack on the street, etc.? Why has it become so, is it because of the long period of relative peace and the progress of mankind that has distanced us from our base instincts and human conditions? Sparring at its very best may be a more communicative part of social group dynamics in the survival aspect of life. Socially we enforce hierarchy that encompasses such things as status within the group for survival that uses forms of social like violence to enforce and control, is that the true nature of martial arts as practiced in modern times? Is it the real form practiced even in ancient times as well? 
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