PHYSIOKINETIC; SUB-PRINCIPLE: Peripheral Vision

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This sub-principle is more important to self-defense then direct vision, it is faster and triggers a more lizard brain like action/reaction (procedural memory implementation of zombie sub-routines) for speedier throughput of the OODA loop. Consider training of our PV of importance in self-defense karate and martial arts.

PV, rather than direct vision, should be utilized at all times and direct sight should never be directed toward targets. It should also be considered that to see what our adversary’s plans for us is about using our sight, sight sense, to watch the four main hubs that provide us the tells of actions. There are other methods to train this hub-tells-detection but that will come later. 

If we look off slightly or focus our eyes just short of the adversary we then can “detect” things using our PV. 

PV is important because our eyes have such a close inter-connection with our minds, our thinking minds. It causes our minds to fixate on what our eyes are looking at, seeing. It delays our responses and that is lost time. Since mental reactions or actions are delayed this also equates to a slower OODA loop. Our eyes fixate and that means fixation through intentions while PV results in non-intention. 

Any visual detections through direct sight sense is processed by our human brain, the cognitive elements of the brain. Stimulus coming through PV goes through a different part of the brain that bypasses the thought process of the human brain, i.e., goes directly to the lizard brain, i.e., the procedural memory zombie sub-routines at an unconscious level. 

PV helps us keep relaxed and centered as no visual fixation results in less mental fixation and that equates to speed, speeding up the OODA loop thereby resulting in a faster execution of the “A or action” part of that loop. 

It is often taught that our eyes give away our intention. In reality that part comes into play when on the road toward physical violence. Body language that includes the eyes will tells us lots but when the physical begins the four hubs and other such things takes priority.

It is thought that focused vision will telegraph our intentions as to movement but that is limited. We don’t want to give away anything and we might want to use such things to avoid and/or deescalate but when actions begin our focus and ability will be enhanced by the use of PV. 

PV can be interpreted in martial arts circles as the warrior start. Our next sub-principle holds a higher level of importance as well.

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