Nice!!! Great to hear some experience!!

Words are powerful as they talk to our subconscious in a very influential way I think (also they reflex the subconscious).

Yesterday at the gym I had a thought on getting guys to ease up without necessarily pulling anything.

When I teach kicking I often call it "the no kick kick".
In short you swing your leg like a baseball bat in that the bat doesn't use any strength, its not flexing or moving from its own accord. I get the focus on the base leg, body posture, core and the hips and tell them to forget about the kicking leg and to let it float (albeit solid) and go for the ride.. a no kick kick... The "kicking" leg not do the kicking itself.

Anyway, I'm often trying to get guys to relax more and try less (we try so hard in the west and struggle when no struggle is needed and use way more energy than is needed imo&e). When I say relax they almost become floppy..

Well a part of getting guys to relax more while staying firm etc as well as backing off on speed was force..

There is a great book called Power vs Force that probably influenced the thought..

Holding pads I often don't want the power to go down yet they often try and strain to hard. So I said not to worry about decreasing power but back way off on the force... That seemed to help big time esspecially with the more experienced guys.

marco - you're onto something it seems. Thanks for the info...

A great running book is called "Qi Running" - I started using it just before I stopped running but it changed my running a lot even as I was only starting to get it all.. you may or may not be interested.

-focus on movement as opposed to the move - this is what I am big on but I never put it in those words. I think that will help explain to people - thank you!