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01-28-2015, 12:02 AM #15
Adapting to circumstance & flowing is pretty integral to survival. Rigor Mortis is the ultimate stiffness & you need to avoid that in battle eh
The character Ju implies softness & compliance but it has an outcome. We use the phrase " Give way to conquer " so the goal is to allow the attacker to destroy themselves.
Of course this implies a commited aggressive attacker which most will say is unrealistic but if you can't deal with a committed force you will have no chance of dealing with a stalking uncommited attacker. A sensitivity has to be developed to receiving information & close range committed attacks are the starting point. Distance is gradually introduced & the forces at range then have a very strong reality. Just like the force between 2 repelling magnets,angles & directions of travel are an interplay that govern position & movement. As the student progresses to master there is a different 'spin' applied to the basic principles & the attacker & his attack is largely irrelevant. I often joke that the ultimate principle is to not be where the attacker is striking but it is much more than a joke.“The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.”