When I began studying the martial arts, it was a brand of karate much like shotokan, I was taken by the concept of one punch one kill. The idea that you could stop an attacker with one punch was absolutely fabulous! And that you could actually kill somebody with a karate strike, well, that was more than just a birthday party, you know?
Then, along came gung fu and the concept of the death touch, the idea of killing merely by touching with the fingers. Man, now this was something that was right up my alley, and I know it doesn't speak well of my maturity, but, man! To actually just touch someone,just put a finger on them, and have them drop dead, yowza kabowza!
We trained hard in our desire to make these killing philosophies a reality. We did our ritualistic dances and endless calisthenics and techniques and spent endless hours punching the bag. Oddly, the more violent we practiced in the training hall, the more peaceful we were once we left the training hall.
Finally, I grew old, over forty years in the arts, and, finally, I began to understand some of this one punch, or even one touch, kill ability. I discovered that it wasn't in the muscles and the bones. No matter how hard, strong, fast I got, you see, there was something missing.
The missing element was the simple fact of Intention. Intention is the will to do something, the desire to make something happen. Consider it an invisible line between the having a thought, and and the accomplished reality of that thought.
Watch a fight between two boxers, they bash each other for fifteen rounds, and nobody falls down. The moment one falls down, you have seen the first real punch of the fight. The other punches were just wannabes, trying but not achieving. They were coming from the thought, but they never reached the completion, the reality, the actuality of that thought.
So, how do you train for the dim mak death strike of karate legend and kung fu mysticism? Don't make your arm tight when punching, for tense muscles lock up the intention, stop the intention from flowing through the limb. Forget that the opponent is standing in front of you, and thrust your fist, or finger, through the space of his body.
Now, I have told you the truth, and perhaps you can find training methods that will help you implement what I have just told you here. The odd thing is that when you finally realize the truth of this strike, you will not have the lack of compassion to use it, and you will find that the ability translates into methods of living that are far superior than just killing. In the martial arts it is the knowledge behind the technique that is valuable, not the martial arts technique itself.
Then, along came gung fu and the concept of the death touch, the idea of killing merely by touching with the fingers. Man, now this was something that was right up my alley, and I know it doesn't speak well of my maturity, but, man! To actually just touch someone,just put a finger on them, and have them drop dead, yowza kabowza!
We trained hard in our desire to make these killing philosophies a reality. We did our ritualistic dances and endless calisthenics and techniques and spent endless hours punching the bag. Oddly, the more violent we practiced in the training hall, the more peaceful we were once we left the training hall.
Finally, I grew old, over forty years in the arts, and, finally, I began to understand some of this one punch, or even one touch, kill ability. I discovered that it wasn't in the muscles and the bones. No matter how hard, strong, fast I got, you see, there was something missing.
The missing element was the simple fact of Intention. Intention is the will to do something, the desire to make something happen. Consider it an invisible line between the having a thought, and and the accomplished reality of that thought.
Watch a fight between two boxers, they bash each other for fifteen rounds, and nobody falls down. The moment one falls down, you have seen the first real punch of the fight. The other punches were just wannabes, trying but not achieving. They were coming from the thought, but they never reached the completion, the reality, the actuality of that thought.
So, how do you train for the dim mak death strike of karate legend and kung fu mysticism? Don't make your arm tight when punching, for tense muscles lock up the intention, stop the intention from flowing through the limb. Forget that the opponent is standing in front of you, and thrust your fist, or finger, through the space of his body.
Now, I have told you the truth, and perhaps you can find training methods that will help you implement what I have just told you here. The odd thing is that when you finally realize the truth of this strike, you will not have the lack of compassion to use it, and you will find that the ability translates into methods of living that are far superior than just killing. In the martial arts it is the knowledge behind the technique that is valuable, not the martial arts technique itself.
About the Author:
Al Case has examined martial arts for forty++ years. A writer for the magazines, he has his own column in Inside Karate. You can find out about Intention and death punches at Punch Em Out, and a free ebook is available at Monster Martial Arts.
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