Projection-Absorption-Redirection

These 3 concepts are the most important to master in martial arts, that one needs to navigate life.

Projection is all about you getting everything in alignment so you can present your best self. This requires attention to details, a strong work ethic, and confidently express yourself. This is about you understanding your personal power.

Absorption is all about being able to handle negative energy coming at you. It can be very jarring. It can cause you to lose your footing. It can make you doubt yourself. Being able to absorb negative energy is one of the hardest things to do, but once you do, you move into the next concept…

Redirection! This is the ability to take energy that comes towards you and send it in a different direction, other than right back at them. This can be very difficult to do, as the temptation to hurl the energy right back at them is big, we have to train ourselves to find a different direction to send it, to accomplish our goals.

These 3 concepts are very important in navigating the challenges of EVERYDAY life, and the more you can connect with these ideas in physical motion through Kung-Fu, the more you can identify and access this in day-to-day life circumstances. Ultimately, it’s all energy work.