...UTILIZING time as a weapon of self-defense is a new concept to most. The reality is that time arguably doesn’t exist, and is a construct invented by our emerging country the 1800’s, to standardize arrivals and departures at America’s new railway stations. Before this, time was more or less relative. Time varied from town to town, county to county, and country to country, and was more general, more fluid, less exact, and less exacting.
Consider that time has been used UTILIZED as a weapon against us for years, controlling our lives hour by hour, and minute by minute each day. It is omni-present in everything that we do. The seemingly harmless clock and calendar on our parent’s, or grandparent’s walls that tracked general time for special events like birthdays and holidays has been fully weaponized using smart phones and calendars that drive our day complete with alarms, minute by minute digital phone calendars, and schedules of meetings that populate literally into eternity, and now zooms potentially enslaving us and every aspect of our lives 24 hours per day, and 365 1/4 days per year forever!
However, when we recognize that time is a weapon, our UTILIZATION of it makes perfect sense. In self-defense we consider weapons as extensions of our body that assist us in saving life. To clarify, any weapon can be used to take, or save life. The study of Life Defense is all about “saving life.”
Ever watch the fluid motion of a true master of anything? They might play the piano, hit a tennis ball, or run through a self-defense drill, and they all have one thing in common…There is no rush, there is no hesitancy, there is no wasted motion and “time” seems to stand still.
For masters of any endeavor, true mastery is all about practice. Life Defense participants know that breathing, efficient motion, and PRINCIPLES of Life Defense all exist to “save life” as a quantity, and recognize that time is a weapon, and that weapons both take life and save life.
However, knowing something has never made any difference. It is in the “doing” that everything occurs. Mastering the UTILIZATION of time as a graceful and powerful weapon will save life and starts first by “doing” or practice!
The result of practice you’ve seen before in Hollywood fight scenes, and you’ve actually experienced it yourself in very stressful events like slipping and falling, car wrecks, or snatching your child from the street just as an approaching car swooshed by. Everything just slowed down, it seemed like and eternity, and at that moment time didn’t exist, or didn’t exist in the same way it did just seconds before.
If you’re like most people, you just shrugged it off and thought, “That was cool,” as you continued on your way. That being said, exactly what happened? Your mind, and body UTILIZED your past training, or experience and anticipated what was going to happen before it happened. Truth is you may have you forgotten those specific events. Until now!
Practice UtILIZING time as your personal self-defense weapon instead of fighting it off every day. Navy SEALS say, “Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.” So practice slowing down, and UTILIZE time as your Life Defense weapon to “save your life” each and every day.
One thing is for sure…Time isn’t what we think it is. Because in reality, you have all the time in the world.
Allen Hughes
Warrior Way Life Defense
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