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1) Movements that are instinctive and/or “come naturally,” or
2) Movements that conform to the body’s way of movement.
Lets address the concept of instinctive and/or natural body movement. The generally acceptance of instinctive means we don’t have to take conscious control of the action and the generally acceptance of naturally means we feel like and perceive the action as more natural. In truth, it is not actually instinct but rather “Procedural Memory, i.e., The ability to remember motor acts like changing lanes - called procedural memory; is called a type of implicit memory - means your brain holds knowledge of something that your mind cannot explicitly access. It is how we execute actions easily, but without knowing the details of how you do it.”
When using operant conditioning you program procedural memory that relies on the unconscious brain to act or use said action dependent on the “Hunches” the brain gets to respond to stimuli. Once you associate something with something that paring of concepts can be enough to induce an unconscious association that removes the conscious, slower brain process, from the equation.
It is building on the body’s natural instincts (encoding procedural memory, etc) for defense. Some systems attempt to build on our instinctive reactions by constructing method combinations, etc., from similar motions. Our bodies possess natural instincts for self-preservation and we should tap into that power for the sake of self-defense.
As karate-ka and martial artists we ultimately must strive to act in ways that most people would not. Instinct-based principled-based multiple methodologies means the development of quick and effective self-defense skills that are immeasurably valuable. As karate-ka and martial artists, we ultimately strive to move far beyond the instinctive motions to which most people remain constrained. We practice until we re-train our instincts (procedural memories, etc).
Natural Action is about the idea that all methods or methodologies must closely adhere to the finer workings of the human being. We must concern ourselves with exercising the intrinsic power of the body, mind, and spirit - the “Natural.”
Intrinsic Power refers to the ways in which the human being is anatomically, mentally, and spiritually powerful. We must seek the “natural action” of the human being not in terms of the most common action or the initial action, but the deepest inherent connection to power.
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