Yoga is not which has become more or only physical around the world, to succeed as a good business. (It happened to real Martial arts too). Real Yoga is not just Physical Asanas. It is which should lead us to spirituality ( not religious or becoming Monk) but understanding one self and to Join the Individual self with Universal self. Now we will see the important aspects of Yoga to understand how it helps us to keep us physically & mentally healthy.
In yoga we say Puncha kosha, which are
1. Anna maya Kosha ( Body which we build from food)
2. Pranamaya Kosha ( Energy level from Breathing)
3. Manomaya Kosha ( Mind & Thoughts)
4. Vijnanamaya Kosha ( Intellect)
5. Ananda maya Kosha ( Blissful state)
We focus on each level to lead our self to Blissful state with proper training of our Body & energy with Asanas & pranayama, Mind with Meditation, Our intellect with Reading and listening to vedhas.
okay I don't want to go off the track from the title by talking more about Yoga.
Now we will see how the martial arts are nothing but Yoga.
We do all the exercises in martial arts which are all Asanas from Yoga. Because of some teachers made it as adrenaline pumping workout routine to attract adults they increase the speed of doing asanas and Didn't bother about breathing method while doing those asanas which Improves our Anna maya kosha. And we do Breathing practice before and end of the class which improves Prana maya kosha ( Pranayama practice is very good for this). And Meditation ( which improves our Manomaya kosha) was a part of Martial arts long ago, but Now it is not. Pranayama is a kind of meditation we can do with training. And the way of doing Katas and energy flow drills from martial arts teaches us to be relax our body and mind, and Wing chun form Sui lim tao which teaches us to keep our joints very relax when we fight. If we can do physical combat with full body and mind relaxed, then we can do any work in relaxed state. And with relaxation we will do everything to our best because when we are relaxed mentally and physically we can see everything clearly with no interruption and no hesitation. with no interruption mentally we do any work without error and with no hesitation we control the time and space which leads to success in a combat. Finally before or after a fight, It may be a combat or life situation we be calm all the time with understanding of Life. We be ready for anything with peace of mind.
As we practice the fighting Art with calm mind and relaxed body we understand we don't have to fight because we can. And we also practice Love for the universe because we come to understand we and the universe are not different. When we understand the enemy who is standing in front of us is not different then us, We don't fight we blend with him and control his anger and ego as our own and defeat his mistake as ours.
Hope i said enough to understand how the Martial arts is Nothing but Yoga with Fighting skills. Please don't hesitate to Email me if you have any query. learntowinkarate@live.com
All the best
Guru Manikandan
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