Yay, Kid Rock is the man!!!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Isshinryukid4life:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by because:
it would be interesting to discuss it on a fighter's forum.
plus this is the meditation/zen section and i thought i'd raise it to see if anyone was willing to bring forth their choices of what they listen to music wise.

[This message has been edited by because (edited 05-26-2004).][/QUOTE] I'm assuming that your post has nothing to do with MA,& Therefore your post is Crap! [IMG]http://www.fightingarts.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif[/IMG]

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you say his thread is crap...hm..why?...he mearly would like to know what people listen too while in meditation...to find peace of mind...which has alot to do with meditation... such a question is not crap..

music is essential to develop an atmosphere of calm, or perhaps something more intense while training. People should listen to anything that pumps them up for training or pacifies them for meditation. I listen to a range of music from piano concerts to sitar (sp?) when I'm meditating, things like Led Zepplin and Iron Maiden for steady conditioning, and a massive variety of absurd power metal and things of the like for bursts of intense limit pushing techniques and drills (power metal is PERFECT for weapon training too) This topic truly does have significance to martial arts because music has always been a part of motion since the friggin dawn of time

i find it hard to concerntrate with music while i meditate, so i usually just listen to nature...but during the day i listen to John Butler Trio

The Zendo doors have been breached. Quick, all fighting monks to the fore....hide the manuscripts...


Bagpipes, of course. Celtic Rock, Opera and Metal are standins. When I am mellow, real folk music (Scottish, Irish and Mountain).

music while meditating? I must be old fashioned, because I was even surprized when I recently heard people do kata to music.

while meditating, listen to your breathing without dwelling on the rythm...then try to hear your heartbeat. Then hear the silence.

Then hear the silence.

You mean sound of silence?

:o)

eeehh...when you put it THAT way, what I wrote does sound corney.

I meant, don't listen.

Who meditates? I thought the music was for battle!

Kintama,

actually you'r post didn't sound corny at all, it expressed your view clearly.
I was referring to the old Simon & Garfunkel classic (in a pathetic attempt to be funny)