A Self Defense Guide for females males whosoever can
absorb what is useful
Sources the books by Dr Chandra shekhar bhatt
..VAJRAMUKTI ISBN 81-7525-010-0
YOGA the gift from sanatana to mankind ISBN 81-901041-0-1
Vajramukti tao of holistic healing for ageless body
timeless mind
from Germany available at www.amazom.com http://www.amazon.com/VAJRAMUKTI-Holistic-healing-Ageless-Timeless/dp/3659187453/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_t_1
August 16 2014 on the eve of Nineteen
anniversary of Vajramukti
Yoga foundations an Indian form of martial arts or Karate, Psychological awareness in self defense by Dr Chandra shekhar bhatt
black belt in karate and authority in Yoga www.ulslab.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/vajramukti.foundations email
vajramuktiyogafoundations@yahoo.com
start from awareness presented by master Bruce
Lee he said when a guy come to attack with knife to you… his total awareness …or his mind is engaged in knife , but you have
your awareness on your tools your elbows your knees your fingers. YOU CAN ATTACK IN HIS EYES POKING THEM BY
YOUR FINGERS
YOUR LEG CAN KICK AT
HIS GROIN PUNCH AT HIS NECK If you
master using of these as technique for thousand times you will always win.
Please note
that I am not liable by the injuries occurred by reading these
THE IDEAL WAY
IN EMERGENCY IS TO HIT AND RUN AT SAFE PLACE
AND LATER TRAIN YOUR MIND & BODY BE SAFE AVOID SUCH PLACES AND
SITUATION OR ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW WHICH SPARKS VIOLENCE
ALL BEINGS BEING VIOLENT ARE SOMEWHERE OR OTHER VICTIM OF
MIND RELATED WITH SOCIAL STRUCTURE which removes their gentleness.
SO EITHER THEY JUMP OVER YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS OR YOU JUMP OVER
THEIRS
There is
certain thing which stops you or he from attacking whoever breaks that socio
human psychological barrier can pass away safe from the situation.
Off course training matters and you
have to train realistically the way you train same way you perform
YOU SHOULD
TRAIN IN SOME FORM OF MARTIAL ARTS OR MAKE YOUR OWN BY OBSERVING PEOPLE AND
NATURE OR BY LEARNING THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU HAVE PASSED THROUGH EVERY TIME YOU
PASS THROUGH YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW BY SHARPENING AND PRACTICING THE COUNTER
MOVES YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN SYSTEM WHICH SUITS YOU.
MAKE EFFORT TO LEARN TO RELAX UNDER
STRESSFULL SITUATION
ANTICIPATION CREATES FEAR BREATHING IN RELAXED WAY AND
CHANGING THESE PATTERNS INCREASES THE CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH CALMNESS.
PANICKING AND DENYING
THE TRUTH OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES CREATES MORE STRESS PSCHOLOGICAL EMOTIONAL AND
PHYSICAL
EVEN IF YOU TRAIN IN
SOME ART YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE CONDITIONING FROM THAT CAUZ EVERY SYSTEM IS
BOUND TO BE BINDED BY ITS OWN CONDITIONING
That is why
I changed the forms I learnt into three conditioned, decondition and spiritual…
adding yoga and meditation to martial arts and gave a name Vajramukti and the
forms as vajras simply meaning from action to liberation
FROM DEEP PHILOSOPHY IF ANYONE IS INTERSETED CAN READ
AGASTYA MUNIS MARMA SUTRAS WHICH HAS BEEN MASTERED BY GREAT PRAKASAN FROM SOUTH
PART OF INDIA HE CAN ATTACK YOU JUST BY RAISING HIS FINGER FROM TEN FEETS NO
CONTACT HE IS USING HIS ART FOR HEALING ANYONE CAN CONTACT HIM
FIGHT AND FLIGHT SITUATION
When you are
in dangerous situations at many instances your adrenal glands release extra
fluids to you system so the release of chemical gives extra boost either you
fight or run.
Now here
comes the training part master Gichin funakoshi said if you train in one kata
or form for three years then it flows like second nature to you, this may be an
aid to your release of chemicals due to fear but if you are panicked due to
various mindset depression factors then you can freeze also then you won’t be
able to do anything that is why you should avoid such places and situations but
train hard prepare even if you lose remember you can learn something from every
encounter and its good for the mind and body and soul as master Bruce Lee said
best training for the event is the event.
Write down your
weaknesses and strengths in diary every
day take account of your day spent sit
at night meditate a kind of introspection, we all are limited in some
directions but capable in some so we have to increase our capabilities to such
an extent that limitations have no place. These all are means towards an end
and end is to know thyself meditation gives us the power to be relaxed at fearful
or stressed situation.
FOR MORE
AWARENESS ON VAJRAMUKTI
A point has been made about the
similarities between the martial arts philosophy of Bruce Lee
and VAJRAMUKTI. In an interview with The Indian Express mumbai, Dr
Chandra shekhar bhatt acknowledges the influence of Lee's thinking:
"There's a quote by Bruce Lee that's my motto: 'There are no limits. There
are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. A man must
constantly exceed his level.' If you're not better than you were the day
before, then what are you doing—what's the point Lee was right about this at that instant but imitating
Lee is something Lee never liked infact Lee was growing every day as he said to
Dan Inosanto his closest student
, “Dan before I studied the art , a punch to me was just like
punch , a kick just like a kick . After I studied the art, a punch was no
longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I’ve understood the art, a
punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick “.so the height of
cultivation is simplicity there should be an art which applies to all even
diseased and age old should be able to practice it
VAJRAMUKTI VIEWING MARTIAL ARTS IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE
Express news service Mumbai
SPECTACULAR KICKS AWESOME
PUNCHES, BREATHTAKING ACROBATS AND FEARSOME YELLS—SCENES ASSOCIATED WITH
MARTIAL ARTS, COURTESY THE BIG SCREEN AND BLOCKBUSTER HITS SUCH AS ENTER THE
DRAGON. BRUCE LEE AND MEN OF HIS ELK DID MUCH TO BOOST MARTIAL ARTS AND THEIR
EXPLOITS CAPTIVATED AND FASCINATED WIDE EYED AUDIENCES BY THE MILLIONS. MARTIAL
ARTS FLOURISHED THE WORLD OVER EVIDENT BY THE VAST LEGION OF FANS AND
ADHERENTS. THE BRAZEN EXPLOITS ON THE SCREEN. HOWEVER, ARE INCONGRUOS TO THE
ESSENCE OF THE ART, OBJECTIVES OF WHICH ARE METAPHYSICAL AND IRONICALLY FOCUS
ON PEACE, HARMONY AND CO-EXISTENCE BETWEEN MAN AND THE COSMOS. COMBAT IF AT ALL
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ART, IS ETHICALLY RESTRICTED TO SELF DEFENCE.
CHANDRA SHEKHAR BHATT, WHILE
PAYING GLOWING TRIBUTE TO BRUCE LEE “THE MASTER”, ATTEMPTS TO RID
MISCONCEPTIONS CONNECTED WITH MARTIAL ARTS AND WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO AUTHER
VAJRAMUKTI, A BOOK PRESENTING A FUSION OF KARATE AND MYSTIC INDIAN DISCIPLINE
YOGA, COMMON IN OBJECTIVE IN SEEKING A HIGHER PLANE IN LIFE EN ROUTE TO THE SEARCH FOR ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
CHANDRA SHEKHAR, A BLACK BELT IN
KARATE AND AN AUTHORITY IN YOGA,EMPHASISES INDIAS ROLE IN THE ORIGIN OF MARTIAL
ARTS AND TRACES THE EFFORTS OF A BUDDHIST MONK BODHIDHARMA IN PROPAGATING IT TO
CHINA AND THE ORIENT.
CHANDRA SHEKHAR NAMES HIS ART
VAJRAMUKTI WHICH MEANS ACTION TO LIBERATION---ACTION IN
TERMS OF USING THE TECHNIQUES OF
YOGA AND KARATE---THAT ARE MEANS TO AN END---THAT OF CONTROLLING MIND AND BODY,
ENHANCING DISCPLINE AND NONVIOLENCE.
THE BENEFITS OF VAJRAMUKTI ARE
MANIFOLD ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR. BESIDES HELPING IN METAPHYSICAL ENDEAVOURS,
THE TECHNIQUES ENDORCED HELP RESIST DISEASE AND EVEN PRESENT SEXUAL
BENEFITS.
THE BOOK,WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
TOUCHES ON THE HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS MARTIAL ARTS DISCPLINES, CARRIES CHAPTERS
ON MEDITATIONS AND FASTING,BESIDES SIMPLE TECHNIQUES IN SELF DEFENCE.
PUBLISHED
BY VAJRAMUKTI YOGA FOUNDATIONS
THE 128 PAGE BOOK WAS RELEASED
BY THE ROTARY CLUB,MUMBAI
AT GARWARE CLUB HOUSE RECENTLY
shaoloin society United Kingdom in
their words A BRIEF HISTORY OF KUNG FU YOGA
Yoga has captured the attention of the West as the latest fashion. Celebrities
such as Sting, Woody Harrelson and the Grateful Dead have made it part of their
practice. Even Madonna attributes her latest incarnation (albeit
sacrilegiously) to yoga. And just the aerobics craze found new life by fusing
with martial arts and jazz dance; martial arts have also begun making some
similar trendy fusions to yoga. Not only are many martial artists practicing
Yoga as cross training, new hybrids are being born out of the imaginations of
both savvy salespeople and sloppy translators. Taoist Yoga, even Shaolin Yoga,
has begun to emerge as the new thing on the health scene and in the martial
circles. But what is Yoga exactly and how does it relate to martial arts? Most
Westerners only think of Yoga as extreme contortionist-like stretching in
truth, it is a much more profound discipline than most of those fad followers
believe. Yoga is a time- honoured method of self-realization than may even be
the very root of martial arts The word 'Yoga' comes from the same root as the
word 'yoke' and it is documented as early as 2000 BCE. What most people
envision as Yoga, those contortionist postures, is really only one small aspect
of a much larger field of practices. Those postures are called 'Asana' which
translates as 'seat'. According to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali the fundamental
text of Yoga by the 'father' of Yoga Asana is the third 'limb' of an eightfold
path known as 'Ashtanga'. The other seven limbs are Yama (observance of morals),
Niyama (self-restraint), Pranayama (breath control), Pratyahara (sense
inhibition), Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation) and Samadhi
(ecstasy). Beyond this, there are many other forms of Yoga, such as Karma Yoga,
which is sort of like a discipline devoted to doing good deeds. Essentially,
Yoga embodies a wide variety of disciplines that are vehicles for spiritual
transformation. Generalizing Yoga to Asana alone is just as shallow as
generalizing all martial arts to breaking boards alone. However this
generalization persists in the West for the same reason breaking boards
persists- it is spectacular media image of these ancient arts. This
misconception muddles the creation myths of our own beloved martial arts.
According to popular legend, Boddhidharma brought the direct lineage of
Buddhism to China from India in 526 BCE. He arrived at Shaolin Temple in Honan,
and founded Shaolin Kung Fu and Zen Buddhism (known as Chan in Chinese). This
is the most common creation myth in martial arts, since Shaolin Kung Fu is also
the root of main Japanese and Korean styles. Only three forms comprised
Bodhidharma's Shaolin Kung Fu muscle tendon change (Yijinging), bone marrow
washing (Xisuijing) and the 18 Arhats palm (Luohanshibazhang), only the third
form was martial the first two were Qigong forms. Since Bodhidharma was Indian,
many sources postulate that he based his Shaolin Kung Fu upon Yoga. The
postures of Yoga Asana do bear a striking resemblance to postures’ of Qigong,
so much so, that one cannot help but wonder. Was there a connection between
Yoga and KungFu? The answer is very confusing. As previously mentioned Yoga
Asana, is only one aspect of Yoga. Many martial scholars make common mistake of
inferring Bodhidharma's teachings were based on Yoga because Yoga Asana
resembles Qigong. This is a little misleading. Some Yoga scholars do not
believe that many Asana (at least those postures that resemble Qigong) were
even around at the time of Bodhidharma. The only Asana that can be confirmed
archeologically is padmasana, or 'seated lotus' position. This pose is
fundamental in many meditation practices. Indeed, Bodhidharma was most famous
for his practice of sitting meditation. According to legend he sat meditating
on a rock for nine years. Sitting meditation is the cornerstone of his
innovation of Buddhism, Zen. In fact, he invented Shaolin Kung Fu because he
felt that the monks of Shaolin who were too weak to endure the hardship of
prolonged meditation, So if lotus was the only asana of Bodhidharma's time and
if he did incorporate it into his new Kung Fu practice, it might be said that
Shaolin Kung Fu was based on Yoga Asana. This is still based on a lot of
assumptions, but at least the terminology is more accurate. A more intriguing
theory is that Bodhidharma based Shaolin Kung Fu Pranayama. Pranayama is the
fourth limb of Patanjali's Yoga. Like Qigong, Pranayama refers to the exercises
that cultivate the life force that resides in the breath. This concept
alienates most Western post- Descartean thinkers; our worldview separates mind
and body. A life force that resides in the breath has no place here. Breath is
body and life force is mind. The idea of something that is both upsets our
dominant paradigm. However, the ancient Greeks had shared this breath
life-force philosophy of the Indians and the Chinese. They called it Pneuma.
This is the same root word from where we get 'pneumonia'. Language fossils of
this idea are more evident from the Latin root word 'spirare'. This is where we
get the words 'spirit' and 'respiration'. The link between breath and life
force is clearly seen in words like 'inspiration', 'expiration', and
'aspiration'. More subtle examples exists in terms like'conspiracy', which can
be interpreted as both 'to breathe together' as well as 'to share the same
spirit.' By embracing these ancient philosophies, mind and body can be reunited
and Qi (or Prana or Pneuma) becomes more comprehensible. Ironically, some
translators have chosen to call Qigong 'Taost Yoga'. English has its
limitation. We have no words for Qigong or Yoga in English. The advantage of
English is that we can just adopt these words from their original language.
While 'Taoist Yoga' might appeal to some new age marketers, it is kind of like
calling instant ramen noodles-'Buddhist spaghetti', It is confusing enough
without scrambling terms. Qigong in China predates Bodhidharma by several
centuries. Even if he added Yoga Pranayama to his two forms of Qigong, the
results are undistinguishable. While Bodhidharma's Qigong methods are elegant,
Qigong has long standing precedents that surpass his contributions. So if
neither the physical poses of Asana, nor the breath control method of Pranayama
which contribute to the movements of Bodhidharma's Qigong, can we still say
that KungFu find its roots in Yoga? The answer lies in the seventh limb of
Patanjali's eightfold path- Dhyana (meditation) both of the terms Zen (short
for Zenna) and Chan (short for Channa) were phonetic translation of Dhyana.
This was the soul of Bodhidharma's contributions. He infused meditation into
martial practice. Common sense, backed with archaeological evidence, clearly
show that martial practices existed in China previous to Bodhidharma. So why
Bodhidharma is even credited as the founder of Kung Fu it was his introduction
of meditation to martial arts that revealed the heart of Yoga spiritual
transformation. Bodhidharma elevated martial skills into a vehicle for
spiritual transformation. He put the 'art' into martial arts. On this level,
martial arts became just as B.K.S Iyengar says, 'It is like Yoga' Before
Bodhidharma, martial arts were just a means of self-defense. Today, in his
wake, it can become a method of self-realization. Today, it is easy to lose
sight of the spiritual especially in the martial arts. Each day brings another
deluge of information overload, stressing our attention to its breaking point,
and jamming our ability to focus on the clear pursuit of the way. We get
defensive. We forget Bodhidharma's teachings. Right now, many new practitioners
completely disregard any notion of spirituality. Eager to ride coattails of the
latest fashion trends, Kung Fu and Yoga have become strange bedfellows in
today's health clubs. It is a strange twist, perhaps another repercussion of
our mind-body worldview, which has placed these two venerated vehicles for
spiritual transformation in our gymnasiums of physical transformation. From out
of China's Wushu Guan and India's Yoga Ashrams and the shimmering silks and
diaphanous cottons of the master of old now it's all spandex and logos. No more
burning incense to honour our ancestors Bodhidharma and Patanjali. In fact, a
few health club practitioners even know who these seminal figures are. Instead
it is the latest exercise machines and boon boxes. The health clubs tend to
greatly simplify the disciplines to give them the wildest appeal. Yoga is often
reduced to the Asana alone just as martial arts are often reduced to only
aerobic kicking and punching. The deeper meanings beneath the underlying
philosophies are usually lost. While many of today's instructors struggle to
maintain an air of tradition in their health club classrooms, the main
marketing motivation for many of those clubs is the vain pursuit of a higher
butt. While this might be a supplementary bonus, imagine Bodhidharma's
reaction. This is most evident in cross training. Yoga is said to compliment
martial arts and vice versa. In its actuality, both Yoga and martial arts are
complete systems. Study either one thoroughly and there is no need of anything
else. The concept of complimentary training implies that there is a deficit.
But after a thousand of years of research and development, neither Yoga nor
Kung Fu has any gaps to be filled. Both disciplines offer a fulfilling lifetime
quest; all that need be done is that you pursue it for a lifetime. It is only
our MTV- driven attention span that makes us move to the next thing before
truly engaging the previous one. There have been some hybrids of Kung Fu and
Yoga like 'Shaolin Yoga' designed to catch our attention with the promise of
filling the two 'needs' at once. For the most part, these mongrel schools are
really marketing ploys, not actual innovation. Both compound the issue. As a
matter of fact, there is ALREADY
AN EASTERN FUSION OF YOGA TO MARTIAL ARTS THAT COMPLETELY OMITS BODHIDHARMA.
THE MODERN INDIAN MASTER CHANDRA SHEKHAR BHATT IS AN EXPONENT OF A HYBRID OF
MARTIAL ARTS AND YOGA KNOWN AS V A J R A M U K T I HE HAS HAD ENOUGH OF A
FOLLOWING TO PUBLISH BOOKS, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO BOMBAY TO
TRAIN WITH HIM. Despite
these criticisms, this new popularity actually reflects upon both disciplines,
because now they are available to a greater population. While health clubs are
far from ideal settings to study either Kung Fu or Yoga, they are better than
not studying at all. And many of those new converts may eventually seek to fill
the spiritual vacuum by pursuing the arts on a deeper level. The next
generation of traditional practitioners when the facts die down, a fraction of
those followers will undoubtedly remain to join our martial community more
seriously. Growth, expansion, Empowerment- we are all seeking some sort of
transformation. Whether it is the elusive feeling of security of crime ridden
streets, or the shedding of a few unwanted pounds, or even the pursuit of
spiritual ecstasy, we are all on our own personal quest. We choose the ancient
paths as a means of transformation to these transformations. And yet, these
ancient paths are modern incarnations that must grapple with modern
misconceptions. Martial arts are built on the insecurity and paranoia of
violence. We can easily slide into a combat mode; after all, it is hard to be
spiritual when someone is kicking you in the head. But that spiritual aspect
remains for those who wish to pursue it. Yoga is unencumbered with the burden
of violence, so its means misconceptions too, they are not as pronounced as
ours are. Almost 15 centuries ago, Yoga offered the martial arts to
self-realization. The door is still open. But leave your boom box behind
