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