tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361443425638782419.post2879675538205617981..comments2023-10-22T16:13:55.130+01:00Comments on My journey to black belt: Why do we.........perform Mokuso?Sue Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16008609198511182782noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361443425638782419.post-82548540438604729802011-12-27T17:57:33.008+00:002011-12-27T17:57:33.008+00:00Hi Charles. Thank you and a belated Happy Christma...Hi Charles. Thank you and a belated Happy Christmas to you :-)<br /><br />John, thanks for your comments. I agree with you, I think mokuso has all sorts of useful applications not just in the martial arts, people just need to see it as important and make time to do it...it only we had more of that!<br /><br />Brett, you're sounding like a true karateka. I'm sure you have a few insightful things to say on your blog too - hence you've now been added to my blog list...Sue Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008609198511182782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361443425638782419.post-29133107441614849722011-12-23T19:27:45.317+00:002011-12-23T19:27:45.317+00:00Hi Sue,
Great post! When I was younger I used to...Hi Sue, <br /><br />Great post! When I was younger I used to think that mokuso was a waste of good dojo time. Oh, what the years have taught me. <br /><br />I wasn't gifted with great wisdom; but someone up there must have liked me because I was given the ability to learn from those around me and it has done much to make me a better person and better Karate-ka<br /><br />I'm bookmarking your blog, Sue, I hope to read more insightful posts like this one in the future.<br /><br />Osu!Bretthttp://www.kyokushinblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361443425638782419.post-391235719138580832011-12-23T04:13:29.254+00:002011-12-23T04:13:29.254+00:00Shoshin Nagamine, the late founder of Matsubayashi...Shoshin Nagamine, the late founder of Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu, took up the practice of meditation fairly late in life and claims to have achieved <i>satori</i> as a result, which is a kind of enlightenment. Actually I think the ultimate goal of Zen is to reach satori, although any Zen practitioner worth her/his salt would deny they have anything as earthly as "goals." The same could be said for the martial arts practitioner, despite the presence of grades/rank. <br /><br />We don't do mokuso in the dojo and I don't think too many from my neck of the woods do either. But I still try to squeeze in 15 min. here and there when I can, sans the strict yogic postures or sitting in seiza (I merely sit). I find meditation/mokuso is a good method to approach some kind of a question, dilemma or project when the usual method of wracking one's brains out fails to bear fruit.John Vesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434740196022601040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361443425638782419.post-47814920309729805132011-12-21T20:09:10.458+00:002011-12-21T20:09:10.458+00:00Awesome post :-)Awesome post :-)Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.com