Existence_is _suffering
Yellow Belt
Joined: 08 Jul 2007
Posts: 87
Location: Australia
Styles: I have experience in Aikido, Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido
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 Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:45 am Post subject: |
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I play bass (not very exotic I know! lol. I have noticed that I haven't had to work as hard as some people I have spoken to with my grip/ forearm conditioning. A bit of Rage Against the Machine always amps me up before a training session if I'm not in the mood as well!
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Kieran-Lilith
Brown Belt
Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 673
Location: Ohio
Styles: Eugue Ryu, Iaido, Aikido
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There aren't a ton of musicians in my school, but those of us who are musicians find the martial arts and music inseperable. Music gives us words to describe things in the martial arts that we don't know how to otherwise. Besides just finding the rhythm of a fight, when we watch our top people spar and train, it's like hearing music, but visual. It's amazing. When I meditate, I hear music. It's not anything I've played, but I hear it.
Also, as someone pointed out, it's good to keep dexterity in your hands and fingers.
Another thing I'd point out is that performers do experience a certain level of stress when they perform. I know when I play my flute and have some of those awful sixteenth/thirtysecond note runs, the only way I can do it is if my mind is clear, my breath is controlled, and I shifty my awareness to my hands. Maybe just me, but it's how I work. So, in a way, musicians also can experience some of the chemical dump the body gets from being under pressure.
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