tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697069502806403520.post6477012236725397117..comments2023-11-22T00:27:30.275-08:00Comments on Japanese Jiu Jitsu: A Journey: Principles vs. specific techniquesJourneymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146093025259375890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697069502806403520.post-78406219490351115452010-12-02T16:07:08.143-08:002010-12-02T16:07:08.143-08:00Thanks for the comments and pointing my in the dir...Thanks for the comments and pointing my in the direction of your post.<br /><br />You are correct, it's best not to fight nature and it's just smart to use it to your advantage. I sort of said I'd accept that the flinch response occurred, and go from there, but perhaps I should embrace it and then go from there. I still hope one day that I'm so full or martial awareness that nothing ever sneaks up on me. Ha! wish me luck with that...<br /><br />Great points. Thanks.Journeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146093025259375890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697069502806403520.post-5208133339018276422010-12-01T07:18:03.088-08:002010-12-01T07:18:03.088-08:00An interesting post. You have articulated your jou...An interesting post. You have articulated your journey up the learning curve of martial arts very lucidly - it sounds like a familiar story! I too have come to appreciate the value of understanding principles of technique and strategy rather than just learning dozens of isolated techniques. I have found cross training between karate and jujitsu/kobudo has really heightened my understanding of underlying principles in martial arts. Sometimes I have had eureka moments when something I've just learnt in jujitsu reveals something about a karate application that I wasn't quite getting or vice versa. <br /><br />Regarding the instinctive flinch response - you don't want to lose it, you want to learn to use it! The flinch response is not a purely spinal reflex it actually has pathways that pass through the amygdala part of the brain. This means that with training one can learn to have some conscious control of it and use it to our advantage. I wrote a post about this last year - there is a link to it in my side bar under the section 'articles that may interest you' - if you're interested!Sue Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008609198511182782noreply@blogger.com