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The Slow Fire: Training Beyond Fear, Thought, and Survival – Part 3

Thoughts Are Weather, Not Orders Cognitive capacity is largely determined by bodily state. Beyond certain parameters, your emotions push, but your body’s resources can’t sustain the pressure. That is, unless you are a suitable vehicle for this energy. In terms of martial arts and self defence, developing ones body through martial arts is a method…

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The Slow Fire: Training Beyond Fear, Thought, and Survival – Part 2

From Reaction to Regulation: How the Body Shapes the Mind “Regulating the body is one of the most direct ways to regulate the brain, because much of what the brain does is to predict, manage, and respond to the body.” The idea that mental health is separate from physical structure is increasingly difficult to defend.…

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The Slow Fire: Training Beyond Fear, Thought, and Survival – Part 1

Ultimately, the only thing that will make you thrive in your practice, is that you ensure everything in your entire system benefits from your training. This is a long term investment, rather than a short term effort. Most forms of training involve practice according to some dominant method. The type of method changes according to…

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When efficiency recedes, energy follows.

In martial arts, it is important not to just go through the motions without engagement in what you are doing. For example, you don’t just do a series of punches and kicks in some exercise session, and then wait for that to end. This kind of clock watching can lead to dead forms, as well…

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When Experience Outpaces Recognition

“If you have put in the proper sustained practice, then maturity and full stature has to happen for you, just as others developmental stages happen naturally without permission. Readiness to accept this earns you the rank of black belt. This blackbelt not only precedes formal recognition, but it also does not need permission from others.”…

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Six Timeless Key Principles of the Martial Arts Stance – Part 2

Last time in https://intuitivemartialarts.com/2025/12/30/six-timeless-key-principles-of-the-martial-arts-stance-part-1/ we started to look at certain internal aspects of the stance which are important in martial arts. Now, we will look at this further by covering the next five points. Body Alignment and PostureThe torso is slightly side-on to extend the reach of the lead hand and maximize the power of…

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Six Timeless Key Principles of the Martial Arts Stance – Part 1

Though martial arts started off as an inward pursuit, over time it split into different systems. Each system has its own take on stance—grappling stances, kickboxing stances, Tai Chi stances, and so on. And, naturally, each group has its own ideas about what’s right and what’s wrong. It’s a bit like, each group has its…

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