Clearing My Mind

Two days ago I was talking to my girlfriend and she asked me,

"When you do martial arts does it clear your mind?"

It does, practicing martial arts clears my mind of everything that I feel. Doing martial arts is way different than any other technique you learn, like the moves are way different than any other movement you do on the regular.

When I first get to martial arts I have to get my mind ready to work. I prepare my mind more than my body because I know I'm strong enough. I am starting to believe that the mind can control the body and ow fatigue I feel. I love trying to improve my mind but practicing mental strength can only come from situations that test your might.

So when I walk through the door I look at the window on the far wall. I look out the window and decide that by the end of class I want my presence to fill the room and break the windows.

Sometimes I think of the pain that was caused by the ones that I used to love or still love. When I walk into class with pain or frustration on my mind, the power comes easily. I usually hit the bag feriously then Harry will tell me, "Technique." When he says that it's something in my mind that tells me to relax because that is what Harry is saying in english. My mind becomes less cluttered with every hit after the words "Technique is spoken. I start to let go of the thing that made me upset. It's like I put all my pain into my first and release my pain to the bag. As soon as my fist connects, my mind opens a bit more.

Hit, pain released, hit, pain released, hit, hit, hit, hit, hit, my mind is almost clear of everything that isn't martial arts.

Now I can focus. Now my mind is completely into how my fist will move out to jab the bag. And if Harry has his hand out in which I have to hit his hand instead of my bag then it's even better; it feels more like a person than anything. I look at my hand in the mirror. As I slide it from in front of my face I make sure my elbow snaps at just the right angle to give the bag a pop that it will remember.

I would definetly say that martial arts clear my mind.