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by Comicname

Same thing happened when I got into fighting. I got even stronger, and I got *fast*, man, and nimble, like a cat. Still chubby.

Body-building culture is a bunch of crap, my dude. Functional muscle is not necessarily toned or lean. You can be swole as hell and still be heavy. And that’s cool.

And every damn one of those huge shredded motherfuckers has the endurance of a fucking newborn puppy. Fifteen minutes into warmups and they’re panting for air like like they’re about to die. I’ve sparred them and every one of them telegraphs their moves about two weeks in advance, and are slower than my dead grandpa because their huge useless muscles get in the damn way. 

Now. I also work with a couple of guys who are not weightlifters. They do, however, do very physical jobs and are Big Dudes. Picture this sort of build. 

No abs to speak of, a bit of a tummy, and those motherfuckers can pick up one of the weightlifters and throw them. 

And they’re fast. Like, unfair fast. 

Something I made while dealing with my own stuff and hoping drawing this would pick me up somehow. Maybe it worked.

Shuhari is a martial arts concept that describes the three stages of learning from beginner to advanced level.

Shu - Learning - in which the student learns the basics of their art. In this stage the student must obey the teacher, the traditions, and the standards set by the teacher.

Ha - Detachment - in which the student begins to break from the mold of limited standards. In this stage, the student begins to apply their own personal experience and knowledge into their martial art.

Ri - Transcendence - in which the student begins to act naturally with their environment. All things become natural, and there is no clinging to the unnecessary. In this stage the student gives freely, aware that The Way works through the understanding of no-thing (Void or Emptiness).

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Aikido Shihan, Endo Seishiro said: 

“It is known that, when we learn or train in something, we pass through the stages of shu, ha, and ri. These stages are explained as follows. In shu, we repeat the forms and discipline ourselves so that our bodies absorb the forms that our forebears created. We remain faithful to these forms with no deviation. Next, in the stage of ha, once we have disciplined ourselves to acquire the forms and movements, we make innovations. In this process the forms may be broken and discarded. Finally, in ri, we completely depart from the forms, open the door to creative technique, and arrive in a place where we act in accordance with what our heart/mind desires, unhindered while not overstepping laws.”

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Many will believe that they are advanced students after attaining their first dan black belts. The truth is that many black belts, even second or third dan, are still at the Shu stage of learning. Even some fifth or sixth dan, may yet be at the Ha stage.

Martial arts are a long, deep, sometimes arduous journey. True understanding of The Way of Martial Arts, can take a lifetime to achieve. Hence the saying “Martial Arts are a Way of Life”.

But she could kill me.

from a physics perspective, that means all the force he’s applying is concentrated at the point of contact between his sword’s edge and the target, and it moves at just the speed that breakage propogates through the material. too slow and it wouldn’t have enough force; too fast and he’d get ahead of the break, shoving the target over instead of cutting it.

Everything moves in synch with the master. He’s got perfect technique, or near to it. Most of the others don’t, and are trying to compensate with more snap in their wrists or more force, trying to muscle their way through it. They’re largely trying to cut with the motion of arms and shoulders, rather than their whole body.

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