Some of my schools, that the eyes must be directed at the enemy's long sword. Some schools fix the eyes on the hands. Some fix the eyes on the face, and some fix the eyes on the feet, and so on. If you Lock to the eyes on these places, can confuse your mind and your strategy thwarted Vedas.
On the way to the strategy, if you already have fought many times, You'll easily be able, to evaluate the speed and position of the sword of the enemy, and with experience in the way you will see the weight of his mind. The strategy means the fixation of the eyes, to look into the heart of man.
Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings
This is my misery
Eyes, which I will not see again
Eyes of the decision
Eye, I will not see, unless
At the door of another empire of death
T S Eliot, Eye, That Last I Saw In Tears
New eyes each year
Find old books here,
And new books, also
Old eyes renew
Philip Larkin, New Eyes Each Year
The idea of the Crimson foliage is hit, knock down the opponent's sword and take the sword.
Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings
I recently went through the Kokin Waka Shu and saw a verse, who went so:
I see a thousand colors
Blowing in the wind.
Did the leaves of trees in autumn,
that they would fall?
I wrote this for people at the end of their learning and for those, seeking on this route.
Matsuura Seizan, Joseishi's Discussions on the Sword
The eyes fixed on the distant mountains is far and wide to see. An exercise that made the Samurai, is to all distant things, as if they were close and all things related, as if they were far away to see. In this way, the entire area is observed in any situation, as if you look at the mountains in the distance.
Takuan Soho, The Unfettered Mind
Where do you see in the martial arts? Where you Lock to your eyes?
I will begin by, where you should not watch.
Do not look down. Everyone does at the beginning.
Not the weapon of the attacker. If you look at them, Your mind will depend on the weapon.
Do not look at the hands of the attacker. If you look at the hands of the attacker, Your mind will stop.
Do not look at their own hands. You know, how your hands look and feel. You need not to consider.
Some martial arts teachers say, not look into the eyes of the attacker. You could be overwhelmed. Or you could be sucked into a cycle of aggression, that might discourage you from thinking clearly.
So, where to look? Others say teachers, You should look into the eyes of the attacker. Or you can look for an attacker on the forehead. Or the gap between the eyebrows of the attacker. Or look at his face. Or on the shoulders and the head and face everything together. But do not let your mind be fixed.
The best advice is, to do, what your teacher says.
In the Japanese sword, say they overlook the distant mountains. There is another term, used in Martial: A look like autumn leaves. Never fixed. Open. Consciously. Look at all. And nothing.
Niall
Background Links
http://allpoetry.com/poem/8453743-Eyes_That_Last_I_Saw_In_Tears-by-T_S__Eliot
http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Philip_Larkin/4795
http://en.wikipedia.org / wiki /% C5% AB Kokin_Wakash
Simple and clear essay on eyes and a distant mountain of Santoso Hanitijo, Shidokan Kendo and Iaido Club, Montreal
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