| Sooner or later we all leave this earth. A part | | | | healthy golfing body. This program is Martial Golf. |
| breaks down, a disease creeps in, an unfortunate | | | | Why golf? There is something about hitting a golf |
| accident happens. Many of those bad things that | | | | ball and watching it fly that instantly fulfills some |
| happen are totally out of our control, yet the | | | | deep-seated human need to create success from |
| truth is, the choices we make in our lives have a | | | | individual effort. Most of us are not athletically |
| huge influence on the odds of them happening. | | | | gifted and a golf swing can be difficult to learn. |
| Expecting our body to take care of us while living | | | | However, golf offers a way for each of us to |
| a destructive life style gets the same bad result | | | | experience our own personal level of excellence |
| as hitting range balls for hours thinking our golf | | | | and growth in a sport without the need to |
| game will improve. The key to getting a good | | | | compare or compete should we so choose. You |
| result, in both cases, requires a fundamental | | | | can start with one club and create a lifetime of |
| change from an expectation process to actively | | | | healthy fun. |
| living in conscious awareness. | | | | Why martial arts? First and foremost, martial art |
| Making real changes scares a lot of people yet it | | | | training methods have been developed over |
| is the only way to produce different results. The | | | | thousands of years and are proven to be |
| tendency is to think we are the way we are | | | | extremely effective in developing a strong, |
| because of things that have happened to us, and | | | | flexible, energized body. We are very lucky to |
| that is just the way it is. What it comes down to | | | | have this information available to us and I humbly |
| is exactly what our new age sages have been | | | | bow to those dedicated individuals who have |
| preaching for years: Consciously choose the result | | | | made it so. If you take away the martial |
| you desire and commit to it. Know that it does | | | | application of the training, what you are left with |
| not have to look a certain way and open your | | | | is by far the best method for creating a |
| mind to living in a new reality. | | | | mind-body connection and focus that will greatly |
| In the matter of your health and longevity, one | | | | improve your odds of success in any endeavor |
| of the greatest obstacles we seem to have is | | | | you choose. I would recommend Tai Chi as your |
| finding the carrot to dangle in front of us that will | | | | introductory martial art. With continued practice, |
| keep us motivated and committed. The ideal | | | | you will own a body that feels good to live in and |
| carrot should be based on time tested methods | | | | you will learn, as I did, that paying green fees is |
| and have a built in way to measure progress. It | | | | much better than paying doctor bills. |
| should be challenging, invigorating, and enjoyable. | | | | So what is Martial Golf? I would define it as |
| And most of all, it needs to be of benefit to the | | | | follows: First, it is a dynamic, focused golf swing |
| mind and body so we can feel the changes and | | | | created with martial art power; Second, it is an |
| grow as individuals. What I discovered that met all | | | | attitude of continuous improvement in mind, body, |
| these requirements was combining internal martial | | | | and spirit measured by a golf swing; Third, it is |
| art training with the golf swing in such a way that | | | | the game of golf elevated to a way of life |
| even someone with no experience in either, could | | | | reflecting the pure spirit of the martial arts. |
| safely begin a program that would lead to a | | | | |