Tractor Beams in the Martial Arts
At the heart of the martial arts, though I have never seen nor heard of it discussed, is the ability to make beams. I say beams, and I include tractor or pressor or any other kind of beam. A beam refers to a line, though it need not be a line, of energy that is exuded from the body of the martial artist.
It can be said that your martial art is not a true martial art unless it builds the ability to create a beam of energy at will. Most martial practices on planet earth are aimed towards building muscle, or the shabby excuse of energizing body parts. The purpose of this article is to awaken the reader to the potential of creating beams of energy.
When you think about it, the body is nothing more than a machine. It is constructed of meat and bone and has various linking systems in it. Indeed, to the person unfamiliar with the techniques of how to use a body, though the body is actually very simple to use, it can resemble a Rubic’s cube.
One must practice classical forms, and understand the value inherent within classical stances, if he/she wishes to remake the body as a device that can beam energy. One is required to work in a specific manner when one trains in the classical stances, and this work will cause the creation of energy in the Tan Tien, which is the actual energy generator of the body, and which is located a couple of inches below the navel. One should contract and expand the body in harmony with the breathing cycle to help this process work.
To create a stance and work, to breath and concentrate awareness along the desired path of the limbs, and to imagine.We are set apart from the beasts by our ability to imagine, and you must cultivate imagination if you wish to create a beam of energy exuding from the body. But to imagine you must practice until the mind is calm.
To test your ability to beam it is necessary to use a simple and often over looked gimmick. Set up a candle and face it, punch, and stop your fist an inch from the flame. Do not trick flick the flame by leaving the line of the beam, but focus, and keep the line of the beam as straight as possible.
With success over time, stop your fist two inches from the flame, then further. increase distance until you can put out the flame from across the room. Eventually, with great patience and desire, you will be able to merely look at the flame and make it go out.
There are those who will seek the instant gratification of simple fighting and not persist, there are who claim that such practices as detailed here are of little importance and they will deride through laughter. Then there are those who will persist with this simple exercise, and it is these people who will discover the depths of their being. You can measure the difference between the two is measured by your persisting faith, your firm belief in yourself, and it is this that will awaken you to yourself, and to your true abilities.