Karate and Martial Art Augmentations/Enhancements

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“The human body is designed to take force from the front through structure, movement, and both soft and hard armor (muscle and thick bones).” - Marc MacYoung, Writing Violence #3: Getting Hit and Hitting

“Positive relaxed state is that state where our muscles are loose rather than tight, i.e., just enough looseness to hold the skeletal system upright yet relaxed enough to allow flow of energy, i.e., blood, oxygen, etc.” - cejames

“Lateral forces, not from the front or back, tend to have more effect such as a sucker punch from the side.” - unknown

In karate and martial arts augmentation is about augmenting the force and power generated through the movement of the body, the mass, in a certain direction using our bodies weight, the energy of the forward movement and the movement of other augmenting actions of the body to augment force and power toward the target. A huge mouthful, huh?

I also refer to this as the use of, “Enhancers,” where additions to the movement of mass such as the arm moving the fist to the target; the correct alignment of hip girdle; alignment of the shoulder girdle; alignment of the upper arm to the elbow to the wrist, etc. to make a holistically connected movement adding force and power to that generated by mass movement along with positive relaxation to sequential tension to sequential relaxation and so on making for a powerful forceful use of a proper methodology to, “get-r-done.” Another mouthful, huh?

By adding in augmentation and enhancements of proper physics to physiokinetics increases and improves the energy results in power and force. It increases the quality of our bodies in action making for maximum effect in self-defense. 

We each have a set amount of generation of energy in our bodies. Once we reach that limit we then can enhance and augment our actions to “add” more energy generation to the process. In addition, the adversary’s actions also contribute to the augmentation and enhancement of energy so that force and power increase provided everything remains correct. 

Some of the factors that determine our energy flow and maximization of force and power are our overall weight. The bigger and heavier we are the greater the energy generation and resulting force and power all things being equal. Then we add in the speed of that movement along with the various speeds of implementing those augmentations and enhancements, etc. Add in the weight and mass of our adversary along with other like augmentations and enhancements that contribute to force and power and we have a very complex but forceful mix. 

Another augmenting action is to “Roll with the punches,” i.e., in effect causing a redirection of incoming force and power to deflect and deflate the adversary’s generation of energy for force and power. A reciprocal use of methodologies where one or the other dominates and achieves their goal depending solely on applying principles most effectively. Can you say, “Philosophical Principle of Yin-Yang?” 

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