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The football player started at the snap just as he\u2019d been coached and drove forward with his powerful legs. His offensive counterpart also dug in deep lurching forward, his job was to overpower his defensive opponent, and block him from getting through the offensive line, and sacking the primary offensive keystone on his team, his quarterback.

However, just as their powerful bodies met over the line of scrimmage the defensive player SYNCHRONIZED with the offensive player\u2019s powerful blocking push, and slipped past him easily. Within 3 seconds the whistle was blown, and the offensive lineman\u2019s quarterback was gasping for air from the hard tackle his defensive counterpart had inflicted on him.

A large smile beamed from the defensive lineman as he past, not so much in gloating as in saying, \u201cNo hard feelings\u2026 and I\u2019ve got a secret\u2026

His secret was his long hours of practice at a local dojang (Korean for dojo), and practicing SYNCHRONIZING techniques he\u2019d learned in his Hapkido class. His instructor had taught him that to push against force was fighting, and the fight not only wastes time, and energy, it\u2019s not as effective as SYNCHRONIZING. So when the ball was snapped, his main objective was not to fight, and dig his feet in, going muscle and bone against muscle and bone. His objective was instead was to \u201cbe the empty jacket.\u201d A term and technique taught by Aikido\u2019s founder Morihei Ueshiba.

By \u201cbeing the empty jacket,\u201dand SYNCHRONIZING, all his opponent\u2019s power was rendered useless. All his long hours of pushing, blocking and going toe to toe were at once neutralized through SYNCHRONIZATION.

How often in life do we believe we must go toe to toe, overpower and crush our opponent? How well does better, faster, stronger actually work? And what happens when we are completely confronted with an obstacle too powerful, too fast and too overwhelming to overcome? We get crushed, we loose energy, and possibly lose the battle. Because there is always someone better, faster, or stronger.

What if however, you didn\u2019t need to be better, faster or stronger? What if you could be the proverbial \u201cempty jacket,\u201d and allow your opponent to pass by you unharmed, and in fact leaving you in a better strategic position?

For those of you who love to waste energy and effort to prove you are in fact better, faster or stronger\u2026keep training, for someday you will find yourself out matched, and laying on the ground, blurry eyed, and unconscious..

For the rest of us\u2026\u201dBe the empty jacket!\u201d and SYNCHRONIZE power, not just with people you agree with, also SYNCHRONIZE power with people that oppose you directly, and you will most likely win. SYNCHRONIZE power!

Allen Hughes

Warrior Way Life Defense

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