Zen in Sports

***battlefields*** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 8:05am

As always, your contribution, though brief, is enlightening, bodhi. It's like you are able to encapsulate the very essence of your intelligence in simple, easy to read English. I sincerely hope your superiority complex remains untouched, in saying such, I have doubts there exists such a tool to dismantle it. Hats off to you, gifted sir. I can only imagine your thoughts on this topic and it is a burden on my functions.

Some might consider my writing this to be sarcasm. Some might say, "battlefields, quit being facetious", to which I reply, "not until der gets off his intellectual high horse that he has been trotting on like some sort of Punce in a dressage competition".

**StepInCross** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 8:31am

Combat sports isn't zen dominated. I'm betting you guys know it better than I do. You got to have your body moving of its own accord almost and reacting to shots and split second opportunities whilst you use your conscious mind to make tiny corrections and style adjustments as your corner dictates it. Not to mention the whole trying to find flaws, predictable patterns in your opponents style and trying to predict some moves(prediction works faster than reaction).

**W. Rabbit** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 9:43am

"When there is an opportunity, I do not hit. It hits all by itself."

**StepInCross** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 10:08am

Originally Posted by W. Rabbit

"When there is an opportunity, I do not hit. It hits all by itself."

Isn't that just half of the story? To get that opportunity, wouldn't you be setting it up? Wouldn't you be consciously leading somebody into a corner or pressuring them, maybe even forcing the guy to drop their guard by punching the body or what have you?

I get what you mean though, my body moves of its own accord whenever something blurs in my vision and I just dodge. It was not taught in the gym, just a reflex whenever I get focused.

Edit. Finally, that reflex is actually helpful. Its made me the fool in pretty much all the sports I've tried. Football, volleyball, basketball etc.

**W. Rabbit** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 10:38am

Originally Posted by StepInCross

I get what you mean though, my body moves of its own accord whenever something blurs in my vision and I just dodge. It was not taught in the gym, just a reflex whenever I get focused.

No, it was just the inevitable BL quote.

I'll bet you don't even know shaolin commandment 13...

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 12:59pm

Originally Posted by battlefields

As always, your contribution, though brief, is enlightening, bodhi. It's like you are able to encapsulate the very essence of your intelligence in simple, easy to read English. I sincerely hope your superiority complex remains untouched, in saying such, I have doubts there exists such a tool to dismantle it. Hats off to you, gifted sir. I can only imagine your thoughts on this topic and it is a burden on my functions.

Some might consider my writing this to be sarcasm. Some might say, "battlefields, quit being facetious", to which I reply, "not until der gets off his intellectual high horse that he has been trotting on like some sort of Punce in a dressage competition".

I wasn't talking to you. You're making some interesting comments about something that has nothing to do with Zen.

The rest of this thread is bullshit spouted by people who need to shut the **** up.

**Mr. Machette** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 2:09pm

Originally Posted by Bodhi108

What a bunch of horsepuckey.

Now, y'all might think Bhodi hypocritical when he shits on stuff like this but he's really not.

See, not giving a **** about your preconceived notions and poping philosophical bubles is about as zen as it gets.

His usual "shut the **** up" honestly isn't a bad piece of advice if you're looking to dispell some personal illusions. Just saying...

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 3:33pm

STFU is getting off easy as far as Rinzai Zen is concerned. Rinzai used to beat the stupid out of his students.

**Styygens** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 4:12pm

Originally Posted by Bodhi108

STFU is getting off easy as far as Rinzai Zen is concerned. Rinzai used to beat the stupid out of his students.

This explains so much.

**Mr.Miyagi** · Posted On: 8/13/2012 8:25pm

My original paper isn't really about Zen at all, but I found some of the topics in the thread by the OP correlated a little, so posted my paper in here to discuss as this was one of the only threads about talking about something similar.

I probably should have started a new one, in all honesty: Pew pew *ducks away*.