Intention—Distinguishing Champions from the Ordinary, By Dr. Chris Holder, DP, DMQ(China), Senior RKC When I wrote this, I wanted to step away from the norm. I could write article after article about swings and get-ups, but wanted this piece to be about something I hold near and dear. I pride myself on being somewhat of a nerd—I read EVERYTHING. Typically, if you want to read about kettlebells, you need a kettlebell book, or a kettlebell website. The same is true for barbell training, coaching, or the mental game. But, none of us live in isolation. The marrying of ideas is essential because compartmentalizing them leads to further confusion when someone attempts to integrate these concepts in training. In the college strength and conditioning world, I have to be the strength coach, speed coach, flexibility guru, dietician, counselor, and from time to time the bad guy. It’s taken me almost 15 years to get comfortable mixing ideas, approaches, and ideologies. On paper, my experiences and areas of expertise could be considered unrelated, but after looking farther down the rabbit hole, I’ve found everything is related to everything. All of us know what the word intention means. But, it’s a word we all use from time to time without much thought. Merriam-Webster defines intention as, What you plan to do or achieve, an aim or purpose. Have you really thought about the idea or meaning of intention? Or more importantly, have you used the power of intention to fuel the direction of your training sessions? For those of you who don’t know much about me, I’m a Senior RKC and a Chinese Medical Qigong Doctor. I’ve been in practice for a little over two years, and although most of us are oblivious to its potential have really seen the world of energy and magic where we all live. Our beloved Dragon Door CEO understands it, as do high level martial artists (especially my kung-fu brothers and sisters). Unfortunately, most of us go through our day oblivious to the sea of energy flowing around, through, and within us—which we can direct. I’m not trying to sound strange, but I also wanted to let you know about the thousands of patients with a variety of incurable ailments who were miraculously healed by qigong. Qi means energy, and gong means skill. I’m able to direct the energy during a qigong treatment because of one simple mechanism—intention. This isn’t just an article about qigong, it’s a kettlebell and weight training article seasoned with qigong. We’ve all seen self-help gurus, healers, and shamans who make extraordinary claims of healing, impossible feats, and miracles. But, once you immerse yourself in the world of energetics, you’ll soon realize...read complete article: dragondoor/intention_distinguishing_champions_from_the_ordinary
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 15:29:32 +0000
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