The Three Types of Reaction time
Date AddedJuly 30, 2009 08:30:54 PM
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One of the biggest lies in the martial arts is reaction time. Reaction time traps everybody, but in the martial arts, you can get rid of it. Actually, with the data in this article, you will find it easy to get rid of reaction time.
Reaction time is the space of time between cause and effect. When the guy in front of you slams on the brakes, it takes three eights of a second for for you to hit the brakes. A lot of things can happen in three eights of a second, bumpers can touch, and collisions can occur, unless, of course, you have eliminated your reaction time.
There are three types of reaction time to be understood. These three types of reaction time are easy to understand and simple to define. These reaction times deal with the past, present and future.
The reaction time that happens in the past is the kind that gets us killed. You are too close to the car in front of you, you don’t have three eights of a second before impact occurs. You don’t have the time to input what is happening, shoot the data through the nervous system, get a response from the mind, shoot the solution action back through the nervous system, and, oops, cruncha buncha.
The second type of reaction time is intuition, it is reaction time in the now, it is commonly seen in such things as sports. The fielder takes off at the crack of the bat, no reaction time, but how did he know where to go and how fast and all that? He knew because he was far enough away to input the data from outside the action, and make a decision untainted by being too close to the action.
Mushin no shin, which is Japanese for mind of no mind, is the third type of reaction time, and it is understood by translating the phrase into time of no time. In this reaction time two martial artists face each other, and one strikes, and the other blocks, simultaneously. This stage of reaction time is not reaction time, but rather making decisions as the action happens, in the moment and not after, and not even requiring distance for the information to input.
To acquire the third type of reaction time one must distance oneself from what one is doing on an internal level, and act as a human being. This means that one must make a mental adjustment and assume the viewpoint of distance even if there is no distance. This is done by assuming a posture and looking at the body from where you really are, not from the eyes, but where you perceive the eyes from.
You could also practice moving slowly while looking at your partner. Don’t try to speed up reaction time by going faster, rather, slow down the game, look at what is happening, and search for the tell tale factors that occur just before action occurs. These two methods will enable one to gain intuition in the face of disaster, live an entirely different life, and attain enlightenment.
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