For some time, I have been making a point of abrupt concentration. I may be idling on the sofa, and all of a sudden, I would start concentrating on something, whether it is work or play.
When I give a lecture, I would shortcut all the protocols and niceties, going straight to the point, often on the verge of conducting an attack of pleasant surprise on the audience.
I was discussing this particular piece of my philosophy of life with Prof. Tatsuru Uchida, a well-known scholar in French philosophy. Tatsuru remarked that what I had just said was actually the core spirit of martial arts. Tatsuru is a practitioner of Aikido, you know.
In the tradition of Japanese martial arts, the basic assumption is that you never know when the enemy would attack you. It is quite possible that when you are relaxing and idling away, the opponent suddenly attacks you from behind. It is therefore absolutely necessary to be able to "ignite" your system in a moment, reaching the highest level performance within a second. There is no time for "warming up". The enemy does not wait until you are up and ready. Tatsuru's comments made sense to me.
So, without knowing it, I have been practicing the core spirit of Japanese martial arts.
I am quite a peaceful person, though.
9 comments:
Yes, you, I always knew, were a fighter of wisdom. Perhaps many people enjoy the personified vivid thinking on the ring.
" Stand up, stand up Ken ! "
I prefer constant piles of works, nevertheless, continuous switching from one thing to another makes up a day.
Maybe we keep a sloth and many other quick and playful animals in our body.
By the way, I concentrated myself on making calling cards for three hours at midnight.
What a fool !
I printed a photo of my home butterfly on it.
Don't say I am ready and willing to pick up a boy ! Right.
Dr. Mogi:
I am watching you and am reading your posts as well as Ms/Mr.Tsumabenichou. Sometimes you have had a feeling like, .. "I hardly ever get back a reply" ?
Wow, that's crazy man. They should really try to do something to fix that.
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