Snapshots

Against multiple opponents it is natural to want to see what is happening so that you can judge the right timing of your reactions, but the idea is flawed because the situation has changed before you get there and you cannot process information fast enough to keep up – you are always behind time. Real time means you have no time to consolidate information. Snapshots aim to find the change in content in your current internal world view.

A snap shot filters out what is important and it these ‘still moments’, which piece together a picture of the real world as you move. Instead of focusing on punches, kicks, grabs and weapons, your interest is in finding where you need to be. Snap shots in group attacks are selected for the best path ahead to find safety; they are very effective in finding the next safe zone. The survival mind takes good advantage of the fight for freedom, never letting the body stop accelerating.

The reality of Full Energisation in a group attack is that you pass through an attacker’s resistance in real time and therefore in darkness (a blank moment). It is the acceleration to the source of the attacker’s resistance that drives you into real time where your perceptions turn to darkness for a moment. It is important to realise that during acceleration it is far easier to identify attackers than the gaps between them. The world around you moves too fast when you are accelerating.

As you move through the opponent and pass the resistance, a period of light returns, and a snap shot of the surroundings is taken. The brain identifies the next safe zone for you to progress to, for another moment of safety and you accelerate to force yourself back into real time as you approach that next attacker. Your sensation of the battle becomes a series of blank moments, snapshots and accelerations.

When in darkness you are free from distractions, and when you see light you are taking snap shots. Freedom is more easily maintained when you are not caught up in distractions, so in a sense it is darkness that helps you maintain a fully energised state.

The reason you pulse between light and dark is that you always want to get back to darkness, into real time where you can handle resistance without getting entangled in it. Of course you need to see where you are going to maintain your progression to safety, and that requires a snapshot.

Full Energisation operates between the borders of minimum light required for a snapshot and darkness or real time where the senses including conscious thought are minimised. To stay in the zone you have to get to that instinctual reaction level where the battle is all about acceleration of your total body mass and a clear motivation reflecting your sense of freedom.