Momentum

 This past week I have been trying to focus on momentum. 

Momentum in my techniques. 

How an initial movement sets the stage for everything that comes afterwards. How micro movements up my arms and down my legs all start from my center (in chi sao). How even slight adjustments during transitions can alter the direction of the momentum (pivoting on my heel in lau gar). How this momentum can generate loads of power and speed as one motion builds on the previous, but also how not to let that momentum carry me away so that I am still in control and still able to make adjustments through the technique (in a spinning back kick). 

Momentum in my training.

How something as simple as, "I won't pick up my phone, I'll just sit on the floor doing nothing until I'm ready to start" can save my hours of wasted time. How repeating "get up, get up, get up, get up" in my mind until it carries over into physically moving my body and before I know it I'm training. How moving myself to my training space is enough to get me to start because I know there is nothing else I can do there except train. 

In both of these cases, despite one being so physically linked, and the other so mentally linked, the important thing I am realizing is understanding that the hardest part is generating the starting momentum from nothing, because once you start you can use that momentum from everything that happened before, as long as I am aware that it is there for me to use. Definitely need to work a lot on momentum, but since it's at the forefront of my vision right now I'll be paying extra attention to it. 

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