Psych by Judd Biasiotto

Author:Judd Biasiotto [Biasiotto, Judd]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: StrongFirst, Inc.
Published: 2012-11-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The Power of Concentration

Another important thing in achieving success is the ability to live in the moment. It is the capacity to focus all of your energies on the task you are performing. When you are totally focused, you can put yourself mentally and physically into whatever you are trying to accomplish. And once you are capable of doing that, you can make something extraordinary happen. When nothing exists except the game, or the task that you are engaged in, that is when you can perform at a higher level of existence. Some athletes refer to this as being in “the zone.” In business and medicine it is referred to as “the white moment.” During this time, nothing seems beyond the boundaries of possibility.

The great athletes have all discovered through experience that the ability to fuse mind and body into each and every task is of paramount importance in reaching an optimum level of performance. Having complete communication with your mind and muscles is a significant edge, a power if you will that can help transcend performance beyond what most people believe is possible.

Case in point, a number of years ago, I saw this guy on Wide World of Sports named Mas Oyama demonstrate what he called the powers of the consciousness, which happens to be a fancy way of saying focusing. Oyama was a Korean who just happened to be teaching karate in Tokyo. At the time, he was considered by most karate experts as a master of masters and the greatest martial artist since Bruce Lee. People who were close to him claimed that he had absolute control of every muscle in his body and that he could generate super-human power by fusing his mind and body into a single, disciplined unit.

In all honesty, I thought they were selling wolf tickets...selling wolf tickets is just another way of saying they were B.S.ing. Oyama’s demonstration changed my mind. He walked into a bull ring with a 2,000 pound bull. He was completely unarmed and faced off with this huge beast. At first, the bull walked around the ring rather peacefully. Then, when it saw Oyama, the bull stiffened, began snorting and pawing the dirt, and then charged straight at Oyama with its horns lowered in the classical attack position. Oyama stood squarely in front of the bull until it was a foot or two away, he took one step sideward and slammed two punches into the bull. His first blow sliced one of the bull’s horns in half. The second blow brought the huge beast down killing it instantly.

Oyama explained in a post-event interview how a man of moderate stature could drop a 2,000 pound bull with his bare hands. Oyama talked with Howard Cosell, “I relaxed until the moment, then I brought every energy source of my body into play, but I concentrated all of that power into just my fist. To generate great power you must first totally relax and gather your mind and all your strength on hitting your target.

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