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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 677701" data-attributes="member: 5171">On a related note to one of the conversations before boxing (which I don't really know enough about to add onto, beyond the kickboxing section of my sparring test), I had a question for folks who've trained for awhile.Does your school do any internal training?  If so, how has it worked for you?To answer it for myself, my school generally doesn't do much of it.  My teacher has said a few times that it will come when it comes, and that it doesn't come until you're ready for it.  I can sense the energy coming from him, although it's not anime-esque flashing light as much as the clear knowledge that his body is completely under his control and capable of doing whatever he needs it to do.  I've felt the energy myself a few times.I read "Path Notes of an American Ninja Master", Glenn Morris' book, and liked it.  It tied into a lot of the meditation I'd done on my own since, heck, the sixth grade.  I've always had what my wife describes as "warm hands".  Not just that they're physically warm, but that I give better backrubs and massages than someone with little or no practical experience should (I also claim that pressure point knowledge helps a fair amount in giving a backrub <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ).  I'm taking a Reiki class next month and am looking forward to learning more about it.I'm at the stage now at my school where my teacher has asked me to go out and find something to bring back the school to make it better.  My long-term goal would be to bring the internal arts to the school and make it something that gets cultivated earlier, if that's possible.  (Note: The above paragraph might make it look like my teacher is just sitting around letting me improve his school, and that's SO VERY not the case.  He busts his butt to find everything from new drills to new interpretations of old movements to new workout strategies.  He does a ton of work -- and I'm really excited at the idea that I'm at a level where I can help him bring in new ideas.)-Tacky</blockquote>

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