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cathal
Black Belt
Joined: 20 Nov 2003
Posts: 1941
Location: Canada
Styles: Shotokan, Jiu-Jitsu, Ryukyu Kobujutsu
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I honestly believe it is a big help. It's documented as helping professional athletes as well.
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hurricane
Yellow Belt
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 48
Styles: Shotokan
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I like to use visualizations for both kata and fighting. If I use it for kata, I go through the forms, perhaps when I am at work in a boring meeting or something. As for fighting, I use it more like bushido_man, for a scenario when being attacked in the street. As I have never been attacked, I can't tell how well visualization works for this kind of fights. But as for kata, I would say it helps a lot. Because you can not only picture the form itself, but also think of possible applications, I mean, there is really no limit to your imagination. |
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Rick_72
Orange Belt
Joined: 09 Aug 2006
Posts: 213
Styles: Shorin Ryu
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Whenever I practice kata I visualize an opponent....I block out everything, and everyone in the area I'm practicing and actually put myself in a fight. Its not hard to do with some good concentration. When your not demonstrating, just doing kata alone, you can slow down and actually visualize bending limbs and such with the tuite in your kata. |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 12924
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Sometimes I do an "action visualization," where I actually kind of walk through physically what I am visualizing: parrying the hand, guiding the arm into my other hand, wrapping it around into a chicken wing, shoulder locking them, sweeping the legs out, taking them down....stuff like that.
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tkdan
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Dec 2005
Posts: 49
Location: Texas
Styles: Tae Kwon Do
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:59 am Post subject: |
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| Bruce Lee used to talk about visualisation in a different way. Rather than visualising an attacker, he would visualise the whole situation from a third person perspective as if he were someone watching. This is something that most can't do, but he believed it was one of the ultimate keys to being an ultimate warrior. |
That is interesting. I've read some of Bruce Lee's writings but I don't remember coming across this. I wiil have to give it a try. |
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TigerCrane
Yellow Belt
Joined: 22 Sep 2006
Posts: 51
Location: USA
Styles: Hung Gar, Shotokan Karate, Tai Chi
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting... I would imagine that quick thinkers would have an easier time visualizing.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 12924
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| TigerCrane wrote: |
| Interesting... I would imagine that quick thinkers would have an easier time visualizing. |
Just like anything, practice makes perfect.
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50inches
Yellow Belt
Joined: 17 Mar 2007
Posts: 40
Styles: Karate/MMA
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I think it works wonders for me.
Some techniques that I have never even practiced, for example leg catches or combos, have worked instinctivly for me in sparring, because I have seen other people do them and vizualized my self doing them. |
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boyo1991
Orange Belt
Joined: 06 Apr 2007
Posts: 162
Styles: taekwondo, boxing
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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its helpful away from the mats, cuz i visualize with my eyes closed, and if you do that on the mat, you wont know what hit you until they throw water on ya...
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future_black_belt
White Belt
Joined: 28 Apr 2007
Posts: 19
Location: Massachusetts
Styles: Shaolin Kenpo (Green Belt)
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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I visualize my forms when I am in line waiting somewhere (I can't just randomly do my form while a ton of people are watching ((besides in a tournament)) ).
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on the post.
