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Rick: Aloha
Sensei Miller thank you for taking time to talk
about your book
Secrets Of
Power:
THE MENTAL WARRIOR
Can you tell us a little bit
about your book
BM: Well
The Mental warrior is the second in the series of the
Secrets
of Power. It deals with the issues and techniques
needed to
develop mental techniques
Rick:
What made you decide to write Secrets Of Power: THE
MENTAL
WARRIOR?
BM: I
realized that the real power of martial arts was not in
the
physical side of the realm but instead in the
ability to both train
and understand the
mind. But there have been so many feel good
books
that didn't give the real facts that I felt
it was time to give
people who really wanted to
know an alternative. This is especially
true with
Autohypnosis which is a extremely useful mental technique
but
most people don't know about ... because
there just isn't much
factual material out there
that is in a format that the non PHD
psychiatrist
or psychologist can easily understand. Furthermore
none
of it is really explained in a way that is
applied to the martial
arts. So I wanted to give
martial artists the option of understanding
and
developing this tool.
but I didn't want to write just
another just do this, sit in this
meditation
position and think pure thoughts type of book. Instead I
wanted
to give an understanding of both the methods of mental
training
AND the reason why such things work from a scientific point
of
view (In terms that are understandable even if you don't
have
medical training) and way to mark your
progress so you can determine
how you are
doing.
Rick: What kind of background do you have that
allowed you to write
such an informative
book?
BM: well both my training in martial
arts and of course my medical
training is
psychiatry as a Physician Assistant. I have 27
years
experience and training in medicine and over
40 years in the martial
arts.
But didn't
base this book on just my personal beliefs or experience.
I
based it on solid reference material and in fact gave many of
those
references so that people could look up what
I said and take it
beyond my book if they
desired.
Rick: Is your book for martial artists or
would anyone benefit from
it?
BM:
Actually the techniques and explanation can be used by anyone!
Especially since I lay out the scientific explanations in way
that
anyone can use.
Rick: How would
your book help a martial artist?
BM: well
first off I believe that the real secret to controlling
what
happens around you is in controlling your own mind.
Understanding what is happening and being able to control
both your
(natural) fear and your responses gives
you a tremendous edge.
Especially in times of
confrontation our mind can work for us or
against
us ... learning the ways to make it work for us can make
all
the difference when it counts the
most.
Rick; And how would your book help the average
person?
BM: the
same situations that confront a martial artist in
an
altercation affect everyone now a days. Even
though not always as
intense the same stresses are
there. Therefore the ability to
control
your mind is a benefit that can be used I think by
anyone.
Rick: Mr. Miller I'd like to thank you for
your time sir. I
understand you have both a family
and work to take care of and I
thank you for your
both your precious time and knowledge sir. I've
taken
the liberty of making a portion of your book available as
a
free download, much like flipping through the
pages before finally
ordering the instant download
version of your wonderful helpful work.
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