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5-6. Timeliness
Discussing the way of Saram in technique, it is timeliness.
In order to be timely in movement you should be able to be fast enough at first.
The first training beginners should try for increasement of their speed is the
sprint. With the basic training of sprint you must also train yourself of moving
center, reconciling motion and controlling mind. And the criterion of whether
your motion is fast or slow lies not in the movement of hands or feet but in
that of Samjae of body, particularly in the speed of movement of downer stomach,
which corresponds to Tang. Let me consider this timeliness from the viewpoints
of moving center, reconciling motion and controlling mind.
[Moving Center] What is the reason that moving center is important in
speed and technique? “Only when
you move center of the trunk properly your hand and foot will move naturally
with proper speed between yourself and him in accordance with it. The motions
are speedy and powerful.”(Ch.30) This is reason why moving center is important.
It means, the movements of a terminal part are attached to the center of the
body, namely, to the trunk centered on the downer stomach, and without the movement
of its center, even though
That is, the movements of terminal parts are subject to that of the center
of body, i.e, of the trunk focused on the downer stomach, without which, though
movements of hands or feet were big, their power cannot be big. This has its
root in the same reason of that you can go farther with a step on a wagon that
runs than with two steps on the road. This moving center refers to the movement
of your trunk, and its basic training course is sprint. And this is why you
need training of sprint. If you find your moving center were too slow you should
check if you lack sufficient training for arms and legs.
[According Motion] What's the reason that according motion is important
in speed and technique? In the accordance your motion “is
slight and quick because the whole motion is distributed to and shared by each
part of the body. In addition, since every part moves together at a time in
accordance it is natural and invisible.”(Ch.34) For an instance, with your
feet push your trunk, which spinning push your shoulder and spread your folded
arm to punch forth. “All the same
in your kicking too. Your supporting foot should push the ground when you lift
the kicking foot and you move your body forward while the supporting foot should
keep the balance of sudden falling down forward of your waste. Then the waste
swings the lab and the lab swings the calf to pierce his center with the foot
tip.”(Ch.36) With the accordance of all these parts your Jumeok Jireugi
can be fast though each part move slow. In addition, the whole motion can be
powerful although the movement each part were slight. But as each part of the
motion is divided over the entire body it is not well seen. This is why the
according motion is important in speed and technique. This accorded motion can
be obtained through training of basic motions.1)
[Controlling Mind] For the last you can be faster with reconciliation
of mind and body. Its key point is the control of mind. “No
matter how flexible a body might be it cannot be more flexible than a mind and
no matter how fast you might walk you cannot move faster than your mind, and
although you had a hard body with abundant power they would be of no use without
your mind to use them. Therefore, only when you control your mind at will you
can accord smoothness, speed and power in each movement to the best of your
ability.”(Ch.53) Then you can stop hesitation, and you can unify deceiving
your opponent and deceiving yourself in oneness. This is verily the Ilgiyae,
for the well controled mind, thus the reconciled mind with technique is the
one.
If you can be fast enough, then you should control your motion to be fast appropriately
with rhythm, breath and temperance. Its adequate name is the “timeliness.”
<footnotes>
1) The three principles for training of basic motions are distinctness,
accordance, and stableness.(Ch.55)
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