“When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.” -Shunryu Suzuki The first principle of sporting clays: Don’t move anything until you see the target clearly. Put negatively, don’t move …
“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” –Lao Tzu I aced a challenging station at my favorite sporting clays club. The following station was a disaster. I got out of my head and on the targets, …
“Things go the way the mind goes.” -Shunryu Suzuki Rondy Neill was my dearest friend. We first met in 8th grade, and, from that day forward, we spent every possible moment together. Vicky H., Michele E., BE and Rondy, …
“Awareness is the greatest agent for change.” -Eckhart Tolle The goal of experimenting with recoil springs is to arrive at 100% reliability. Regardless of the spring’s weight, the sights naturally re-align as each shot fires. To prove that, do this… …
“Have good trust in yourself … not in the One that you think you should be, but in the One that you are.” -Maezumi Roshi Robbie Leatham and I had this joke about practicing—we only shoot at 15 yards, because …
“The essence of the great Way is to act purposefully without striving.”-T’ai i chin hua tsung chih BE, or more accurately, Leopard Man, in rare moment of repose at church camp. Continuous awareness produces error-free action. If peak performance is …
“Conscious thought is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.” -Bruce Lee Thinking is the enemy of doing. When learning a new skill, however, trigger complex movements with key words. To “stop the pistol and see …
“Silence is so accurate.” -Mark Rothko I first realized the transformative power of awareness in a practice session. (The 50 yard line of the Bianchi Cup’s Practical Event: three shots each on two targets in 15 seconds, shot from the …
“Don’t tell people your plans, show them your results.” -Unknown PART 1Shoot one-shot draws on an 8″ plate at 15 yards, with the goal on the first shot—to hit the plate as quickly as possible. Repeat 15 – 20 times, …
“Zen study is basically to reach the fundamental and clarify the essence of mind. … As for what this fundamental essence is, your features may differ as you die and are born over and over again, but at all times …