The Empty Mind (Martial Arts Documentary)

This is a trailer from my 2004 Movie release, "The Empty Mind", which features many of the worlds top martial arts masters. This journey starts at the Shaolin Temple and Wudan Mountain in China and finishes at the Kendo Championships at the Budokan in Tokyo. This is Real Martial Arts. Go to http://emptymindfilms.com

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Martial
• arts
• Karate
• Aikido
• KungFu
• TaiChi

[emptymindfilms]

We do not say Aikido is different from other martial arts in this respect - but Aikido is special in that it was born out of the founders wish that his martial arts practice should be a path to spirituality. Martial arts like karate sprang from a need to defend one's self without weapons - yet through daily practice a student will develop their spiritual character.

[emptymindfilms]

Hi everyone - these are clips from the same movie I made, The Empty Mind. It's available on DVD. It features 7 major martial arts and the top masters of that art - and I do mean top, the best in the world. We mostly shot the film in China and Japan through all of 2003-4.

I will be posting clips from most martial arts we shoot - for example, we just completed filming the world's top Japanese swordmaster (Iaido). See you soon, Empty Mind Films.

[xxBlazionxx]

You've been doing it for 15 years yet your attitude is shit.

[sticmatic]

don't make the second step before the 1st - once one has MASTERED his art, he can drop any concept of it... before that, you have to use techniques and you HAVE TO fight ... you can only let go what you really have achieved. no philosophy in here - it's practical - but you can't judge what you haven't tried, that's what fucks me up with some comments... and not only me 4 sure

[plonk7]

@unbecome What do you mean by "Martial combat"? Aikido is the martial art that was chosen as mandatory for all Japanese riot police and all female police officers. Do you think it was chosen because it was so ineffective? Aikido, like all martial arts, is only as good as the practitioner. There are bad Aikidoka and bad teachers of Aikido. Perhaps watch this for a little insight: /watch?v=rs4gTZjSqJc

[unbecome]

@TylerDurdenK7

Aikido is a beautiful art form, but it is NOT usable in Martial combat. I find it sad that people actually practice this art form as a means of self-protection. You might as well practice ball-room dancing as a martial art, both use soft, circling movements, both arts control your opponent by the hand/wrist, and both require a weak opponent. You're right man, its a joke!

[graysight]

Id rather full mind...

[Olusism]

HOW CAN I FIND THAT MUSIC In the beginning of the movie? What is the name, where I can download! ????

PLease someone tell me! IT is perfect for meditation :))

[Banelager]

@YyJoBb That is awesome. : D I'm really short myself, so I would need that. I was just kidding with the previous reply.

[levaann]

I dunno with you guys... But in my town an empty mind means your stupid.... Peace :)

[Banelager]

@YyJoBb Get two ropes, bind them to your feet and to a car, make a friend drive away really fast while you hold on to a lamp post. Should work.

[libriano91]

@TylerDurdenK7 And people who talk shit about other martial arts is because he/she has never went to that style's dojo and tried it out for themselves. A simple wrist twist will not throw a person that stands still only make the person kneel or go down to the ground to alleviate the pain in the wrist, but if said person is moving sufficiently fast in any direction and then loses balance, then even a small wrist twist or a light push is enough to make even the largest man fall, simple physics.

[michealdark]

Aikido always reminds me of tai chi principles (ebb and flow, give and take, using your opponent's momentum against them) applied to judo practice (throws, trips, and submissions). Is that a fair pronouncement?

[jobowtackmasterx]

brainless martial arts