5 Ways to Strengthen Your Presence of Mind
Aside from developing your body, Martial Arts also strengthens your mind. It can teach you how to think at the critical moments - kumite, verbal confrontations, physical conflicts, and even life-threatening situations.
It is important to keep your presence of mind and maintain your mental powers in any kind of situation. This helps you to become confident, decisive and aggressive in whatever comes your way.
You can also detach yourself from the situation, see the whole picture and think of strategies you can use as called by the circumstances.
Here are some exercises to improve your presence of mind.
Confront your fears
FEAR - False Emotions Appearing Real.
Validate your fear. A lot of things are wasted due to fear of rejection, failure, pain, and death. Try to expose yourself slowly to the activities or things that scare you and you'll start to overcome the fear you have.
Control your imagination. Not all are good. Some of them restricts us in doing what's best for us. Exposing yourself to minor conflicts will familiarize yourself to it and will lessen your anxieties. This will make your mind stronger.
"It's ok to lose to opponent, must not lose to fear!"
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Be Self-Reliant
Self-reliance develops together with the enhancement and broadening of your current skill set. Expanding your horizon gives you a better perspective on things at every angle. This strengthens your judgement and therefore increases your self confidence. Learn and try new things, find some improvements, innovate, explore new boundaries. And sometimes there are things you can learn and discover just by yourself.
Be prepared for people who are rude, impatient, and lacks good sense
Don't fight every battle that comes your way. Choose wisely. Change your course and don't waste your energy. In this way, you can preserve your precious mental balance and focus on the most important task you need to complete. There are many of them, and it is wise to avoid them altogether.
Unless you are Yuri Boyka...
Do not let yourself to be intimidated
Intimidation destroys your mental balance.
You cannot think clearly if you think that the person standing in front of you is way better than you. See the person as a mere mortal and strip the legend out of him. Focus on your skills and abilities and not on his. Try to figure out the situation and use your talent to come up with a solution to solve his puzzle. Don't be intimidated by the looks, the height, the strength, or even the reputation.
Take a look at this Kumite between Rafael Aghayev V.S. Ko Matsuhisa.
Trust your Instincts
Instinct is a way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned. It is a natural tendency that makes you want to act in a particular way without a need for a reason. You have tested it at least once in your life, trust it.
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