Heres your Zen training for the year.

[Ghost]

Andre, I'll post some zen questions here. This is more easy then the last time, I can just borrow some stuffs from the net and share it here. You don't have to reply to every one of these though...


The Monk Mayo asked this question of the Sixth patriarch: "What is Zen?" the Patriarch replied that, "when your mind is not dwelling on the dualism of good and evil, what is your original face before you were born?"


Hmmm, that's a tough one. Actually, I've got no idea.

contentment

[pacfan]

Andre, I'll post some zen questions here. This is more easy then the last time, I can just borrow some stuffs from the net and share it here. You don't have to reply to every one of these though...


The Monk Mayo asked this question of the Sixth patriarch: "What is Zen?" the Patriarch replied that, "when your mind is not dwelling on the dualism of good and evil, what is your original face before you were born?"


Hmmm, that's a tough one. Actually, I've got no idea.

Not sure either mate ! about the face or whats ment by that ; but originally like the Sun, at one completly within the All.
The choice made by us to come here tells a story of both all of us and the divine force or God within.

Discontent at knowing without experiencing .
Thus we chose to go down in frequency so at to experience ourselves in the material dimensions.

I would have thought the answer to "what is Zen"? would be, Allowance of all things?
FOr him to answer a question with a question is a nice way of saying you have chosen a journey and yet you want to know how it ends! it is the road that you need to look upon now, not the end. So he asked about the begining so that the journey becomes the realization.

Andre, I'll post some zen questions here. This is more easy then the last time, I can just borrow some stuffs from the net and share it here. You don't have to reply to every one of these though...


The Monk Mayo asked this question of the Sixth patriarch: "What is Zen?" the Patriarch replied that, "when your mind is not dwelling on the dualism of good and evil, what is your original face before you were born?"


Hmmm, that's a tough one. Actually, I've got no idea.

contentment

Hmmm, let me think about it. But wait, we are not supposed to think in Zen, we are supposed to be inspired...

[Trainer Monkey]

If your opponent is arrogant,encourage his arrogance-
The Art Of War

[pacfan]

If your opponent is arrogant,encourage his arrogance-
The Art Of War

Which means, 'to let him fall on his own folly,' the same principle used in Japanese martial art of Aikido.

[Trainer Monkey]

If your opponent is arrogant,encourage his arrogance-
The Art Of War

Which means, 'to let him fall on his own folly,' the same principle used in Japanese martial art of Aikido.

Or even real Kung Fu which is mainly redirection of motion in the blocks

[pacfan]

If your opponent is arrogant,encourage his arrogance-
The Art Of War

Which means, 'to let him fall on his own folly,' the same principle used in Japanese martial art of Aikido.

Or even real Kung Fu which is mainly redirection of motion in the blocks

Exactly, that is why true oriental martial arts are defensive in nature. The opponent is at the weakest when he attacks.

[Trainer Monkey]

Which means, 'to let him fall on his own folly,' the same principle used in Japanese martial art of Aikido.

Or even real Kung Fu which is mainly redirection of motion in the blocks

Exactly, that is why true oriental martial arts are defensive in nature. The opponent is at the weakest when he attacks.

When he was doing well,this is what I had Andrew doing in the Dumas fight,unfortunatly he didnt stay with the game plan I wrote for him.
The game plan was when Dumas rushed him,to either pop the jab in to his nose(he did break it) or step to the side and hook him,letting Dumas's momentum help the damage.
It worked when he followed it,but when he panicked and reverted.....................

[pacfan]

Or even real Kung Fu which is mainly redirection of motion in the blocks

Exactly, that is why true oriental martial arts are defensive in nature. The opponent is at the weakest when he attacks.

When he was doing well,this is what I had Andrew doing in the Dumas fight,unfortunatly he didnt stay with the game plan I wrote for him.
The game plan was when Dumas rushed him,to either pop the jab in to his nose(he did break it) or step to the side and hook him,letting Dumas's momentum help the damage.
It worked when he followed it,but when he panicked and reverted.....................

You mean you train these pros, that's cool. I don't watch much of these martial arts stuffs but I know what you mean. It's really difficult to keep your focus because in actual combat, psychological aspects come in to play almost as much as the physical ones. Your boy needs some mental training to build up his focus and confidence. I see lots of these boys who're really good during training but becoming tentative on the ring, but who can blame them, right? What's most important is to keep your feet firmly on the ground and the when the opportunity arises, attack with full force - no in-betweens - and getting back into firm ground as quickly as possible for the next counter-attack.