Former castleva
10-09-2002, 07:26 AM
You heard me.
WeŽll be dealing with some parts of bodily functions and their relation to survival.
IŽll be breaking it into three parts:
1.breathing (knowing that competing styles exist)
2.timing of adrenaline rush
3.combating distracting physical functions related to stress build-up (above)
Breathing:
as previously mentioned it seems there is no correct way to breathe when it comes to dealing with combat,may it be buddhist or "western" thoraxic breathing.
What are your thoughts? First and at times,a hard thing to do is to regulate breathing and even to keep it flowing (abdominal breathing is said to help) also methods of bringing down the heart rate with rapid,calculated breathing pattern.
Deep breathing seems to gain some succes,at least when it comes to beginning of possibly threatening situation to clear the mind (wondering about all this it would seem sinking energy to lower dan tien combined with related abdominal breathing could cause succes? But that may be slightly too simplistic and perhaps difficult solution unless youŽre very proficient) What are your thoughts? Comments on such methods as defeating pain trough certain kinds of breathing and breathing slowly and deeply while at long range are things IŽd be happy to hear of)
2.Timing of adrenaline rush:
By that I mean the connection between the peak of physical performance where body has taken immediate action (as if in a sudden threat where this "boosted" level can be reached within a couple of second) and the fall of it.
IŽve seen a statement that the best level of performance/boost coming from the danger lasts roughly ten seconds,after those ten seconds your strongest (even though confused state,remember about loss of fine motor skills etc.) drops rapidly resulting in trembling and loss of strength.
From here we come to the conclusion that threat should be eliminated in that limited amount of time,or it becomes harder.
The common idea that conflicts often last only some seconds supports this,how about concept of "empty mind" and itŽs relation to this?
Besides that,share your thoughts if you mind.
3.Combating unpleasant symptoms of fear:
EveryoneŽs aware of "butterflies",trembling hands,dry mouth etc.
Concern here is fighting against fear with softening of these symptoms.There has been some empathy towards the idea of fighting fear trough fighting symptoms,such tips including;keeping oneŽs mouth moist to stay calm (any opinions on this?) warming hands etc.
I find this interesting,do you?
Thanks for any input.
WeŽll be dealing with some parts of bodily functions and their relation to survival.
IŽll be breaking it into three parts:
1.breathing (knowing that competing styles exist)
2.timing of adrenaline rush
3.combating distracting physical functions related to stress build-up (above)
Breathing:
as previously mentioned it seems there is no correct way to breathe when it comes to dealing with combat,may it be buddhist or "western" thoraxic breathing.
What are your thoughts? First and at times,a hard thing to do is to regulate breathing and even to keep it flowing (abdominal breathing is said to help) also methods of bringing down the heart rate with rapid,calculated breathing pattern.
Deep breathing seems to gain some succes,at least when it comes to beginning of possibly threatening situation to clear the mind (wondering about all this it would seem sinking energy to lower dan tien combined with related abdominal breathing could cause succes? But that may be slightly too simplistic and perhaps difficult solution unless youŽre very proficient) What are your thoughts? Comments on such methods as defeating pain trough certain kinds of breathing and breathing slowly and deeply while at long range are things IŽd be happy to hear of)
2.Timing of adrenaline rush:
By that I mean the connection between the peak of physical performance where body has taken immediate action (as if in a sudden threat where this "boosted" level can be reached within a couple of second) and the fall of it.
IŽve seen a statement that the best level of performance/boost coming from the danger lasts roughly ten seconds,after those ten seconds your strongest (even though confused state,remember about loss of fine motor skills etc.) drops rapidly resulting in trembling and loss of strength.
From here we come to the conclusion that threat should be eliminated in that limited amount of time,or it becomes harder.
The common idea that conflicts often last only some seconds supports this,how about concept of "empty mind" and itŽs relation to this?
Besides that,share your thoughts if you mind.
3.Combating unpleasant symptoms of fear:
EveryoneŽs aware of "butterflies",trembling hands,dry mouth etc.
Concern here is fighting against fear with softening of these symptoms.There has been some empathy towards the idea of fighting fear trough fighting symptoms,such tips including;keeping oneŽs mouth moist to stay calm (any opinions on this?) warming hands etc.
I find this interesting,do you?
Thanks for any input.