Are the psychological skills which is discussed during the first Course at Italian Olympic Committee – School of Sport for kickboxing coaches
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Eastern martial arts are a great teaching how to join in every movement mind and body. This concept in Kendo is expressed in a concept called with the word Shikai that highlights four mental obstacles that must be avoided. The first is the surprise – if I am surprised by my opponent means that I’m not ready to respond -. A second obstacle is the doubt – when I’m worried on what to do at a given moment, the action slows down or does not show enough conviction -. The third obstacle is the fear – the enemy becomes a giant and I feel not confident and overwhelmed by his strength -. The fourth is the confusion – I’m not focused on the here and now but I’m distracted by my thoughts or what’s going on, I lose the fluidity of my movements - .
These mental states hold back the fighting or the performance and they are won through a psychological condition called Heigoshin , which means being present to ourselves as usual , keeping the mind quiet . This type of training is well detectable in scenes from the movie The Last Samurai .
