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Chakugan [着眼 - 着眼点] The first two characters/ideograms mean "notice; attention; viewpoint; observation; aiming at; having an eye to," and the second three characters mean "focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint." In this usage both sets apply.
The first set, first character means, "don; arrive; wear," and the second character means, "eyeball." The first of the second set characters means, "don; arrive; wear," the second character means, "eyeball," and the third character means, "spot; point; mark; speck."
Chakugan, if the term is defined correctly, is to set the eyes on the opponent. It must be asked as well, is this the one true meaning or were there other, more esoteric, meanings underlying the term as used in martial arts? When we SEE, truly SEE, what is it that we SEE and how do we SEE and where does this SEEING take us as we traverse one moment to the next as dictated by nature and the Universe itself?
- How many who practice their kata fail to "look" or "set their eyes" on a direction and/or opponent before they commit themselves to an action?
- How many of us practice to look away as well for the moment necessary to unlock tunnel vision, open up auditory exclusion to a wider range of hearing and to notice if others are collecting around you in such dangerous circumstances?
- How many of us truly practice kata by first taking a look within ourselves to consider, visualize and realize what is transpiring form the direct and literal to the indirect and esoteric of conflict and violence?
Remember that once you are committed that is it and finding your adversary to be NOT where you anticipate becomes a real issue in self-protection. Is there another perspective of NOT being where you anticipate such as in the art of avoidance, i.e., you NOT being in an environment of conflict and violence for instance!
Those of you who are experienced in a defense situations tell the others, if you just dive into a situation with guns blazing or do you "look" at the situation and environment "first" before committing yourself to action.
In training this action of chakugan is pronounced at the beginning much like two-person drills are non-resistive to start. As time passes you become more instinctive and then that pronounced turn of the eyes and head become less so almost to the point it "appears" as if you knew what they were going to do before they moved.
Chakugan; think about it, study it, consider it seriously, and then incorporate it into your self-protective practice and training. Incorporate it, the spiritual all seeing minds eye, into your training, practice and every day applicable actions to ensure you see what is there, you see what is not there and you see what you don’t know to look for and is hidden out there.
Truly Seeing
Chakugan, if the term is defined correctly, is to set the eyes on the adversary. To set the inner eye on the adversary too.
There is always "more" to what we practice only if we open our mind to the possibilities. This goes for the term and meaning of "chakugan."
Today's martial arts practitioners tend to get stuck in a groove that leads instantly to the physical side of the practice.
To "SEE" applies to the art of avoidance in self defense. To see intuitively and then to "listen" to your gut feelings, if you will allow me the latitude, you can literally see in your mind volatile situations before you enter its arena (this can sometimes be unconscious in nature and we need to learn to listen when the unconscious speaks). Turn around and avoid it all.
Before you can truly see all there is to see in self defense; BEFORE you go ballistic with you karate; you have to know and understand all the various "tells" that trigger that intuitive sense, or third eye if you will, and then you have to pay attention to it and that will not happen if you don't seek out and learn the "facts ma-am.”
Chikaku [知覚]
The characters/ideograms mean "perception." The first character means, "know; wisdom," the second character means, "memorize; learn; remember; awake; sober up."
Chikaku or perception has many meanings in martial arts. How you perceive things tells you what you know and why but did you know that perception, as to perceiving actions or body language, can give you indications as to attacks, etc.? Your ability to quickly perceive some action means you will be faster finding a response, etc.
How you perceive means also: perceptions involve the time, the culture and ethnic groups, the power relationships, the perceiving person, the sensory input modes, the perceptions of perceptions as to truth and accurate facts, and both the internal and external environments and now we add perception of movement; perception of body language which includes facial expressions, etc.
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