The 1st Dimension
Length. Advancing and retreating.
This is best demonstrated in the Krabi drill - moving straight forward, hitting on one line with one angle.
Also seen in Jun Fan's Jik Chun Choy straight blast.
Rather then being limiting, this tactic takes away our need to have to think - we crash forward with power and pressure. The enemy is forced to retreat, he runs backward.
In boxing or Thai we drive him back onto the ropes or into the corner.
2nd dimension
Height. Attacking high and low.
In boxing this means bringing in body shots as well as the head shots. Same applies in KB and karate.
In lo kix and Thai we add leg kicks and the leg block.
A whole new dimension to give the enemy a wholenew set of problems.
3rd dimension
Width. Lateral movement.
The triangle footwork from Kali.
This can be applied in stickfighting, karate, boxing and KB.
4th dimension
As all Sci Fi geeks know, the 4th dimension is Time.
Having the 3 dimensions of space covered - Do-ai - distancing, we need to cover the dimension of Ma-ai - timing.
You can't go instantly from outrange to corto - you progress there and that takes time - what we call beats.
Imagine an opponent attacking with a J,C,H ABC - you defend using parry, roll, salute.
To defeat him with timing you Intercept him on the half beat.
No matter how fast he is you will always get there first. You have moved ahead in Time - you have moved through the 4th dimension!
The Fifth Dimension
5D is where we start getting into the metaphysical stuff of MA.
Mushin - Wu Wei - No Mind.
The empty cup, the Void, the 5th level of the Godai, the 5th element.
In Mushin we go beyond Doai and Maai, the dimensions of space and time, and we just are.
I could write volumes on this one topic or I could write nothing.
The point is - you get there when you get there. It can't be forced, it can't be rushed.
Think of Neo in The Matrix when he realises he is The One. He sees the green code for what it is, not what it appears to be. Once he's achieved this,defeating his "unbeatable" enemy is easy.
This is where YOU want to be!
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