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What follows are many interpretations of absorptions as practiced by different martial arts. The first quote is from a Chinese Zen teacher who was not a martial artist, though a teacher of Zen to Jet Li. Master Sheng Yen suggests we can allow the mind to absorb and dissolve the problem. The second is a hard style Kenpo Karate approach, the 3rd an Aikido approach, and on and on. Absorption? Remember this principle: relax!!!!!!
1. "People seem to create more problems than they resolve. People who create problems have distressed minds. To them everything is problematic, and in dealing with their problems they inadvertently create even more of them. Notice how, in a traffic jam, some people lean on their horns even though they know it will not make the cars move faster, and then others honk their horns because the first honkers are annoying them. In the end everyone simply adds noise on top of noise. To me, the world often seems like this."
"Have you noticed how quiet it is when the snow falls? It is because snow absorbs sound. There is much to learn from snow. When you encounter adversity, instead of reacting negatively, allow your mind to absorb and dissolve the problem. In this way you will be undisturbed and at peace. You need to discover how to practice in such a way that any and all problems disappear. This is an excellent method for daily life. Remember the peace that arises in snowfall and "cool it"....Master Sheng Yen at chancommunity.ca
2. Kenpo Karate: "If you're looking for ways to practice "taking" hits, there are many exercises you can practice. Tensing the muscles in the body to resist force, practicing explosive breathing at the point of impact, developing strong bracing stances, deflecting blocks and cover positions, and body angling to reduce the angle of incidence are all aspects of receiving impact strikes safely. But my best advice is don't get hit!
All my students practice evasion before they practice getting hit. Defensively, we build skills in this order
Evade
Cover
Block
Parry
Counter
Jam
Control
Finish
If you're looking for ways to practice "taking" hits, there are many exercises you can practice. Tensing the muscles in the body to resist force, practicing explosive breathing at the point of impact, developing strong bracing stances, deflecting blocks and cover positions, and body angling to reduce the angle of incidence are all aspects of receiving impact strikes safely. But my best advice is don't get hit!"...from A kenpo karate teacher in Martial Arts Talk
3. "Aikido is a truly sophisticated martial art and it is extremely difficult to obtain proficiency. There are thousands of techniques, which are based on proper body movements. This makes the art widely versatile, able to mold to individual personalities, and directly applicable to daily life. Aikido is nonviolent. Never clashing with the energy of an opponent, aikido blends with and redirects energy into peaceful conflict resolution. Aikido does this using principals of absorption (immobilization techniques) and redirection (throwing techniques). Other common martial arts use punching and kicking as a means of self defense, but these methods will injure the aggressor."....http://aikidoofcasper.com/
4. Absorption in Aikido?: See Stephen Segal in http://www.youtube.com/watch?
5. Absorption in Kaizentao: A great you tube on absorption: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kQsvZeYkk kaizen
Another approach to absorption in Kaizentao: http://www.kaizentao.com/home/index.php?
Another approach to absorption in Kaizentao: http://www.kaizentao.com/home/index.php?
6. Scott Sonan on relaxation http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5891786143574223762#docid=25185290535722347
7. How Superheroes use Kinetic absorption: it is the ability to psychically take the kinetic energy out of anything. This can be used to slow down opponents, or absorb kinetic energy and slow down a fall that would otherwise kill you. One with this power could even lessen the blow of any object hurled at him and withstand the force of any blow, as it would provide no force after the kinetic energy has been taken from it."...from http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Energy_Absorption
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Duane Juhan wrote a great book in the early 70's called Job's Body: a Handbook for Bodywork. http://www.jobsbody.com/ He wrote that, "most people think the bones support the body but actually what happens is that they float in a liquid medium"...And what is more absorptive than a liquid medium?
9. a talk on tai chi by one of Holland's premier tai chi practitioners Epi van de pol at http://taiji-europa.eu/index.php/tai-chi-taiji/more-articles/interviews/epi-van-de-pol-interview-by-ronnie-robinson/
10. Effortless and Natural
"If someone pushes against you and you do not want to be pushed off balance, the chances are that you will resist using strength. If this happens, you are using phasic muscles. But it will be different if someone pushes down on your shoulders. In this situation you do not push back up - you just absorb the push effortlessly into your posture.
So in the first example if, instead of phasic muscles, you were to use postural muscles to absorb the push into your posture, you would use far less effort. You could then also use the ' balancing' ability of postural muscles to effortlessly counteract any sudden change of direction. In other words, as the Taiji Classics say: "when he doesn't move, you don't move; when he moves, you've already moved". So using postural muscles in this way would make Pushing Hands a far more enjoyable experience!"...from 11/9/2010 Zhan Zhuang - foundation of Internal …
http://www.yiquan.org.uk/art-zz.html 1/9
11. "It can be seen that there are two aspects to correct force: 1. strength and the subtle regulation of this strength. The strength application of tai chi is developed through practicing the form in a state of sung and through practicing push hands rooting with a very powerful opponent. However, such practice alone is insufficient to achieve softness. The exclusive use of a large amount of force deprives practitioners the opportunity to learn sensitivity and timing. Similarly, those who practice without never letting force build up develop sensitivity and timing but are not able to deal with an opponent who uses muscular force, let alone correct force.
Thus, ideal practice must ultimately cultivate the entire range of force, so that the practioner not only develops sensitivity, timing and the ability to neutralize with the minimum of force, but also the ability to receive and return the energy of a strong opponent."...
Taking Punches
"The logical extension of rooting is the ability to receive, without harm, the full force of an opponent's punch in a fighting (not a push-hands) situation. Chan termed this ability taking punches.
Chen would encourage his students to hit him with full force on just about any part of his body. He wanted to provide a real target for his students to hit, and, by feeling tthe impact, he would know how to correct the student's punch to increase it's power. As his student, I hit him numerrous times (on request), and I can relate that it was just like hitting a truck tire."...from The Tai Chi Book: Refining and Enjoying a Lifetime of Practice, Robert Chuckrow pg 171.
9. a talk on tai chi by one of Holland's premier tai chi practitioners Epi van de pol at http://taiji-europa.eu/index.php/tai-chi-taiji/more-articles/interviews/epi-van-de-pol-interview-by-ronnie-robinson/
10. Effortless and Natural
"If someone pushes against you and you do not want to be pushed off balance, the chances are that you will resist using strength. If this happens, you are using phasic muscles. But it will be different if someone pushes down on your shoulders. In this situation you do not push back up - you just absorb the push effortlessly into your posture.
So in the first example if, instead of phasic muscles, you were to use postural muscles to absorb the push into your posture, you would use far less effort. You could then also use the ' balancing' ability of postural muscles to effortlessly counteract any sudden change of direction. In other words, as the Taiji Classics say: "when he doesn't move, you don't move; when he moves, you've already moved". So using postural muscles in this way would make Pushing Hands a far more enjoyable experience!"...from 11/9/2010 Zhan Zhuang - foundation of Internal …
http://www.yiquan.org.uk/art-zz.html 1/9
11. "It can be seen that there are two aspects to correct force: 1. strength and the subtle regulation of this strength. The strength application of tai chi is developed through practicing the form in a state of sung and through practicing push hands rooting with a very powerful opponent. However, such practice alone is insufficient to achieve softness. The exclusive use of a large amount of force deprives practitioners the opportunity to learn sensitivity and timing. Similarly, those who practice without never letting force build up develop sensitivity and timing but are not able to deal with an opponent who uses muscular force, let alone correct force.
Thus, ideal practice must ultimately cultivate the entire range of force, so that the practioner not only develops sensitivity, timing and the ability to neutralize with the minimum of force, but also the ability to receive and return the energy of a strong opponent."...
The Tai Chi Book: Refining and Enjoying a Lifetime of Practice,
Robert Chuckrow pg 155.Taking Punches
"The logical extension of rooting is the ability to receive, without harm, the full force of an opponent's punch in a fighting (not a push-hands) situation. Chan termed this ability taking punches.
Chen would encourage his students to hit him with full force on just about any part of his body. He wanted to provide a real target for his students to hit, and, by feeling tthe impact, he would know how to correct the student's punch to increase it's power. As his student, I hit him numerrous times (on request), and I can relate that it was just like hitting a truck tire."...from The Tai Chi Book: Refining and Enjoying a Lifetime of Practice, Robert Chuckrow pg 171.
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