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Author : Gavin Mitchell
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-25
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781445252735
Essays on martial arts and meditation attempting to provide as broad as possible an overview of the arts, and drawing from many unorthodox sources.
Author : Gavin Mitchell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798664136296
Legend attributes the birth of martial arts and meditation to ancient Buddhists and Taoists in monasteries and enclaves thousands of years ago. These arts were then to be appropriated by the samurai and ninja, and mirrored in the esoteric arts of the elite warrior castes of all cultures. Whether or not this is true or given credence by the reader, it remains the case that the meditative and martial arts have much to offer the modern world today. The essays in this book seek to offer the practitioner or interested novice inspiration and information for their journey.
Author : Michael A. DeMarco, MA
Publisher : Via Media Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781893765986
The themes in this book—drawn from Chinese history, culture, and martial arts experience—are entwined in a fictional narrative to animate events envisaged to have occurred during the mid-eighteenth century. From the outset, a thin veil separates fact from fiction. Our story starts with a discovery. While conducting research at the Vatican Library on the Jesuit missions in China, two scholars find a folder of papers written in Chinese among documents belonging to Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), a painter at the royal court in Beijing. The papers turn out to be written by a fellow court painter, Yang Mingbin (c. 1664–1765). Yang’s handwritten essays provide revelations vital for understanding the ingenuity of Chinese martial arts. Yang’s text is organized under sixty-four subheadings. The author elucidates theory and practice methods in a fashion unlike any other writings on this subject. This is a rare early text written during a transitional period for martial arts. It is the time when the Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1912) was at its peak of cultural splendor and expanding its borders by military expeditions. Cannons and smaller firearms show the Western influence, but traditional martial arts were ubiquitous in the village, province, and national levels. Master Yang offers fascinating reading on all aspects of the Chinese fighting traditions. He places great emphasis on the importance of the “martial arts family” and the role of secrecy in lethal arts. The arts are also adapted for health and entertainment. All reflect an infusion of philosophy and practices from Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism. How one thinks affects how one practices martial arts. Yang describes the qualities associated with different skill levels, from beginner to most advanced. As he does this, we learn secrets that set forth key ways for improving defensive and offensive applications. These topics include body alignment, coordination, spontaneity, naturalness, balance, distancing, relaxation, and power. The same principles apply to bare-hand and weapons practice, as well as martial arts for health. Yang’s learning methodology for studying martial arts can be useful in other areas, as in his work as a master painter at court.
Author : Jason Kunen
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1105797317
Martial arts, meditation, and Zen are hot topics in today's age. The compilation of essays here attempt to connect these practices and ideas together to elucidate their concepts for those not involved in such practices, and to augment the understanding of those who are. Although martial arts, as their very nature should be, are geared towards giving people a skill that will help protect themselves and their loved ones, the objective of such practices must adapt to these changing times and cater to the internal and spiritual element of the human being. Incorporating Zen philosophy and meditative practices, we experience a profound shift from our ordinary self- centered ego-mindset to a holistic meditative consciousness that not only transforms our own life, but enriches the lives of others.
Author : Michael L. Raposa
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813924596
The relationship between meditation and the martial arts is a multifaceted one: meditation is one of the practices in which martial artists engage in order to prepare for combat, while the physical exercises constituting much of the discipline of the martial arts might well be considered meditative practices. Michael Raposa, himself a martial arts practitioner, suggests there is a sense in which meditation may in turn be considered a form of combat, citing a variety of spiritual disciplines that are not strictly classified as "martial arts" yet that employ the heavy use of martial images and categories as part of their self-description. Raposa, in this extraordinary alloy of meditation manual, historical synthesis, and spiritual guide, provides a fascinating approach to understanding the connection between martial arts and spirituality in such diverse disciplines as Japanese aikido, Chinese tai chi chuan, Hindu yoga, Christian asceticism, Zen Buddhism, and Islamic jihad. What happens when spiritual discipline is appropriated for exercises meant for health or recreation? How might prayer, meditation, and ritual be understood as martial activities? What is the nature of conflict, and who is the enemy? These are some of the questions Raposa raises and responds to in Meditation and the Martial Arts, his rumination on the martial arts as meditative practice and meditation as a martial discipline.
Author : BK Loren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Martial artists
ISBN : 1585743011
A martial artist for twenty-five years, the author recounts her years of study under various teachers and in numerous disciplines including her experiences as a women's self-defense teacher.
Author : Susan Brownell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780226076478
Competing in the 1986 National College Games of the People's Republic of China, Susan Brownell earned both a gold medal in the heptathlon and fame throughout China as "the American girl who won glory for Beijing University." Now an anthropologist, Brownell draws on her direct experience of Chinese athletics in this fascinating look at the culture of sports and the body in China. Training the Body for China is the first book on Chinese sports based on extended fieldwork by a Westerner. Brownell introduces the notion of "body culture" to analyze Olympic sports as one element in a whole set of Chinese body practices: the "old people's disco dancing" craze, the new popularity of bodybuilding (following reluctant official acceptance of the bikini), mass calisthenics, martial arts, military discipline, and more. Translating official and dissident materials into English for the first time and drawing on performance theory and histories of the body, Brownell uses the culture of the body as a focal point to explore the tensions between local and global organizations, the traditional and the modern, men and women. Her intimate knowledge of Chinese social and cultural life and her wide range of historic examples make Training the Body for China a unique illustration of how gender, the body, and the nation are interlinked in Chinese culture.
Author : Dave Lowry
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781462902231
The goals of the budo—the martial arts and Ways of Japan—lie in refining the body and spirit. The techniques, methods, and rituals of the budo can provide invaluable lessons for today's martial artists—and serve as guides to a well-lived life. In Traditions, Davy Lowry discusses unique aspects of the budo ranging from hacho, or deliberate asymmetry, to uke-waza, the art of "receiving" an attack. The spirit of ryomi, the process of self-evaluation and improvement, is illustrated through the story of Kaofujita, a master swordsman who never stopped practicing the first movement he learned. You'll also learn the importance of yuyo, the distance where an attacker must focus his strike, from the story of Jubei, whose mastery of yuyo saved him in a life-and-death encounter, and the significance of shikaku—, the dead zone, on maintaining balance in combat and in life. With its focus on traditional martial arts, and fascinating stories that illustrate key martial arts principles and philosophy,Traditions will be required reading for serious martial artists.
Author : Tom Wheeler
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781462829149
This is a collection of essays based on my 40 years experience in the martial arts. They are intended to cause the reader to think and spark conversation and debate rather than give absolute answers. To teach is to challenge and this collection will hopefully do just that. These esays are also intended to help martial artists from all styles and schools to better understand one another.
Author : Dermot Whelan
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780717191802
In 2007, comedian and broadcaster Dermot Whelan arrived at a comedy festival in an ambulance after having a panic attack en route. Realising this was not a sustainable way to travel to future gigs, he decided to become a meditation teacher and learn how to de-stress without annoying the emergency services. Telling Dermot's own story and offering useful everyday tips and techniques, Mind Full is his funny and accessible guide to meditation. If you feel like you've lost touch with the happier version of yourself and would like to: SLEEP BETTER REDUCE STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION HAVE MORE PATIENCE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE FEEL LESS 'MEH' ENJOY LIFE MORE ... this book is for you. You'll discover that learning to meditate doesn't require you to blow up your life and move to Nepal, but it does help you make very small changes that make a long-lasting difference. With exclusive access to Dermot's guided meditations, Mind Full will help you restore your sense of fulfilment, happiness and true contentment. 'Fixed whatever block I had harboured towards the concept of meditation ... I had convinced myself that I wasn't one of those people. Now I realise there is no prerequisite character type. It's just for ... people. A lovely, funny, honest book.' Cillian Murphy, From The Foreword
Author : Michael Maliszewski
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X004093146
Spiritual Dimensions of the Martial Arts is a study of the meditative and religious elements that form the core of the great martial arts traditions. Unsurpassed in scope and detail, the book covers the spiritual beliefs and the practices of the fighting arts of India, China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, and the United States. Subjects discussed include Bruce Lee's unique views on spirituality and meditation, rituals used to induce altered states of consciousness in Indonesian Pencak-Silat, the unusual relationship of Korea's Hwarang warriors to Mahayana Buddhism, the importance of Buddhist ritual in Muay Thai, the role of African mystic beliefs and Christianity in the practice of Capoeira, spiritual practices in the Filipino martial arts, the significance of Zen and esoteric Buddhism to the Samurai, the relationship of Indian martial arts to Yoga, the impact of Daoist concepts on the Chinese martial arts, and psychological development and martial arts training.
Author : Clinet Furr
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780359702831
It all started about 1500 years ago and then it stopped around the turn of the 20th century. So much knowledge was lost but it has been recovered. Some masters know the secrets and don't want to share, others share it willingly. But even then, some things need more explanation. This book reaches into science and gives the answers to what was mysticism. Science is being used to explain martial arts, meditation and even how eastern medicine works. It isn't the strange and exotic eastern medicine it once was, it's more mainstream now than ever. If you?re looking for answers, here is a great place to start!
Author : Bruce Kumar Frantzis
Publisher : Blue Snake Books
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1583941908
"Explains how awareness and development of chi gives internal martial arts their power and strength, contains full instructions on the Taoist system Nei Gung, describes how specific martial arts use chi, includes stories about masters. The new edition adds a new foreword, new introduction by author, practical explanations on spiritual traditions of the internal martial arts, index"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Herman Kauz
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0879514574
A Spiritual and Philosophical Approach to the,Martial Arts,Where most books on the martial arts deal with the,physical aspects of the various disciplines, this,work deals with the equally important physical,side and addresses such topics as health, diet,finding the ideal dojo, meditation, reconciling,the physical and the spiritual sides of the,martial arts, teacher-student interactions, and,many other important issues. Suitable both for,the advanced martial artist and the beginner.
Author : Vince Morris
Publisher : Red Wheel
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Martial arts
ISBN : 0877287562
Karate sensei Morris discusses how to create harmony between mind and boyd, and the importance of utilizing the mind to improve the technical side of martial arts. Describes various types of meditation and how to combine them with physical expercise.