Momentum

[marvin8]

So true! I've been looking at it from this perspective for so long now I feel like it's sort of become a mental framework to see martial arts through. But it's been bugging me. Kinda like being locked into a certain set way of thought, which I don't believe is a good thing. So this thread I guess is part of my recent attempt to change that way of thinking and get out of that mental framework.

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May 29, 2012

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[Kung Fu Wang]

Right, but those all involve using momentum

Why don't you want to use momentum? It will be to your advantage.

 

[Holmejr]

Can you move without momentum? If not, then really whatever you or your opponent does, besides being perfectly still, requires dealing with momentum. My instructor will say ‘I feel your energy moving this way or that’ but he’s really feeling my momentum, even if ever so slight. Stopping momentum from killing us, is what we do…