It is a state of mind encouraged in martial arts like Tai Chi Chuan where you “empty” out everything. This is letting go of tension in your body, allowing flexible and greater mobility. And amongst the many health benefits, you let go of build up tension from our daily life stress. We cannot run away from stress and this stored as tension in the body. Learning to let go of this tension or stress improves our general health mental and physical.
In fighting, this state of relaxation allows better delivery of power when moving. Especially in striking, now you connect with your opponent there is a moment of tension on impact and this is more effective than moving already with tension. It is a process of yin-yang. Yin would be the state of calm or “stillness” and yang the state of motion and transfer of this motion, tensing at the point of contact. Or allowing a whip-like motion where if it were a punch the tension would be a minimum during the recoil.
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