Скачать или смотреть How To Understand “Mushin” (無心) “No Mind” | Martial Arts Training: Ninjutsu, Bujutsu, Karate, Aikido

To start I want to say that when we shot this video, it was well over 100 degrees and all of my makeup had sweat off and hair was a mess. However, even though I look like hell in the video, I still want to share the footage with you as I feel that the message is crucial to all martial artists…

In this video, “How to understand Mushin (無心)”, I explain how to change the way your mind thinks and works to focus solely on the image that is in front of you. When you are in any altercation, one should never become affected by the actions of the opponent. Simply defeat the target and move on. This focus of “no mind” or “mindless mind” is the philosophy called “Mushin”.

The term contains the character for negation, "not" or "without" (無), along with the character for heart-mind (心). The term is shortened from mushin no shin (無心の心), a Zen expression meaning the mind without mind and is also referred to as the state of "no-mindness". That is, a mind not fixed or occupied by thought or emotion and thus open to everything.

Mushin is achieved when a person's mind is free from thoughts of anger, fear, or ego during combat or everyday life. There is an absence of discursive thought and judgment, so the person is totally free to act and react towards an opponent without hesitation and without disturbance from such thoughts. At this point, a person relies not on what they think should be the next move, but what is their trained natural reaction (or instinct) or what is felt intuitively. It is not a state of relaxed, near-sleepfulness, however. The mind could be said to be working at a very high speed, but with no intention, plan or direction.

However, mushin is not just a state of mind that can be achieved during combat. Many martial artists train to achieve this state of mind during kata so that a flawless execution of moves is accomplished — that they may be achieved during combat or at any other time. Once mushin is attained through the practice or study of martial arts (although it can be accomplished through other arts or practices that refine the mind and body), the objective is to then attain this same level of complete awareness in other aspects of the practitioner's life.

This lesson is directly for the practitioners of the ancient Japanese koryu martial arts of the ninja and samurai, such as ninjutsu (ninpo) and bujutsu (budo).

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BUDO RYU KAI
School of the Warrior Way
Authentic Ninjutsu & Samurai Bujutsu
http://budoryuninjutsu.com/
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