A common conception towards the martial arts is that they are a rite of passage. Rite of passage is part of the social layering amongst societies. But, modern society doesn't really need rite of passage in the martial arts, rather, it needs a logical approach to make the martial arts easier to learn and more effective.
This, of course, means that the bully boy attitude of many instructors is going to have to take a walk. The idea that you have to be a man to do something needs to b, likewise, thrown out the door. Really, to grow up in this society means that you have to learn the highly evolved process of actually thinking.
There are three stages in this evolved thinking process of which I speak, and, unfortunately one of them is unknown. The three stages are CBM, which refers to the concept of Coordinated Body Motion, matrixing, and mushin no shin, which I shall shortly explain. Of the three different stages, matrixing is entirely unknown.
CBM is the concept of using the body as one unit. This means that all parts of the body must be used at the same time, starting motion at the same time, and stopping motion at the same time. Mystical in the past, one need merely evaluate the range of motion and the mass of the body part and so on of the various body parts and go about integrating them through analysis of simple motions inherent in the martial arts.
Matrixing is the analysis and then handling of the various potential forces and flows in the martial arts. As complex as this sounds, Matrixing is accomplished on a simple graph, and it reveals all the things that one doesn't know. Hidden techniques and mysterious moves are easily discovered once one Matrixes his martial art.
Mushin no shin is a Japanese term meaning Mind of No Mind. I have also referred to it as Time of no Time, and it means that the person has managed to ignore all the chaos and static of the human mind and can perceive reality as it is, and in the here and now. Interestingly, in spite of the fact that Matrixing has been unknown, a rare few people have managed to achieve Mushin No Shin, but they have been unable to pass it on to their students, for there has been no logic or science to cause it to continue as a logical method.
Matrixing is incredible important, as it stands as a way for the human being to overcome a faulty mind and perceive, and have doings with, reality as it is. No more illusions about what is actually happening in life. And, this means that you don't have to beat somebody up through a rite of passage to get him to learn something that, the faulty mind put aside, would be obvious.
Interestingly, I developed the graphing methodology that is Matrixing by making long lists of martial arts techniques, and searching for the most efficient method for crossing the lists and discovering all the tricks of the martial arts. What I didn't know was that I was going to open up a universe that I did not know existed. As this point, you know ten times what I did before I began matrixing, so give it a try, and let me know of your success...and I am sure that there will be successes.
Author Resource:
Al Case has learned the martial arts for forty+ years. He has written dozens of articles and had his own column in Inside Kung Fu. You can learn more about his Matrixing Method in a free ebook available at Monster Monster Martial Arts .
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