powerment, in which they are able to go deep within themselves and call upon the reservoirs of energy and skill which they have developed through the training process. This can revitalize them, and it comes from within, rather than from without.
According to most martial arts teachers, the physical display, or abilities, are really only the superficial aspect of martial arts training. This is the visible part of the mastery, but not the essence of it. Grandmaster Kim noted that martial arts are the active representation of the "silent master," or voice of wisdom, within the individual. For her, martial arts are grounded in meditative and contempla
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