Short talk before the start of chinkon, meditation. Meditation is a very important part of training. It teaches correct breathing technique essential for a healthy mind and body. Also very important for self defence, your breathing effects your emotional state if your breathing becomes too shallow you can start to panic and react badly. So chinkon help s kenshi learn to breath deeply and charge their blood with oxygen. Boosting oxygen levels in the blood and overall confidence.
As you breath in image the energy of the universe filling you. In this way you can build up your fighting spirit just by breathing in.
If you are cut up by another car while driving the first thing to do is this breath in through your nose for a count of 8 hold the air in your lungs for a count of 4 then breath out for a count of 8, then decide what you’re doing to do. Also before an exam this exercise is excellent as it will stop you from panicking and give you brain the oxygen it needs for peek function.
Chinkon meditation is simply mindfulness and goes perfectly with the dynamic and powerful exercises of Shorinji kempo to create an amazing yin and yang. Chinkon is an essential part of Shorinji kempo training and is practiced at every class.