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Matrix Martial Arts
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System Definition Matrix Martial Arts was developed by Al Case using Matrixing Technology, which is the analysis and handling of force and direction (flow). The original concept for this, while hinted at in his earlier writings (i.e., The Master’s Handbook), was manifested succinctly during a moment of enlightenment in which Al Case realized that “For something to be true the opposite must also be true.” This is the first and only true verbalization of the ‘yin yang’ concept that is so prevalent throughout the societies of the world. The concept was made workable through various Matrixing principles and strategies such as, “If the force is greater flow it, if the flow is greater force it.” History The original concept for the name Matrixing, first espoused in martial arts classes Al taught in the early 1980’s, was that Matrix referred to mother, as in a mother concept (finding the mother concept) as in a germination from the womb. He has stated that what he was trying to do was teach his students to find the original idea behind any combat situation through the analysis of all potential forces and flows. Final formulas were derived from Boolean algebra: assuming all values (potentials) in a Matrix are true, the falseness of any potential was proven in real world testing, and the result was the establishment of one of the prime rules of Matrix-ing -- that it is more important to know what doesn’t work than it is to know what does work. Furthermore, and most important, students viewing a Matrix are able to isolate techniques (concepts) that they didn’t even know existed. Thus, even the worst martial art can be improved and, thus, speed of learning can be increased, and thus, students are enabled to differentiate and become intuitive even in the middle of combat. This last concept is commonly called Mushin No Shin (Jap.) which means ‘Mind of No Mind,’ which Matrixing translated into Time of No Time, and other extrapolations. The concept is really the increase of awareness within that moment (sequence) of time commonly referred to as ‘Now.’ After completing a Matrix with real-life applications, the Matrixer would logically gain a much higher degree of skill over whatever variables were being Matrixed. Concordantly, once a person has completed a Matrix, he would also have the freedom to look at matrices of other arts, or within the same art, to discover a virtually infinite number of other combinations and applications that are different than or similar to other arts or areas within the same art. What resulted was a greater understanding of any and all other arts that one chose to Matrix. Students reported being able to ‘create’ aikido, make it useful and make it part of any art they were studying, merely by viewing the Matrix Aikido DVD course. Students taking the Master Instructor Course reported instant increase in abilities, even and especially of the intuitive nature. Applications The method of Matrixing is not only applicable to the martial arts, but to any other field of art or science and results in more insight, understanding and logical thought processes. The value of Matrixing in ‘real life’ fields proved to be rather astonishing. One school teacher/martial artist in Indiana applied Matrixing concepts to his classroom teaching and reported an improvement in grades of ten percent. Harry Hsu (often referred to as 'The First Student of Matrixing,' in verifying the Matrixing method through the teaching and promotion of hundreds of students to Black Belt), applied Matrixing Methodology to several martial arts and to the fields of law, film production, acting, etc. Harry Hsu has noted that every student he has taught the Matrixing concept to has shown a remarkable increase in aptitude and intuition in any field they Matrixed. Matrixing Technology is apparently so powerful that merely by viewing the Matrix materials a student becomes “Matrixed,” and does actually change on many observable levels as purported by the students themselves. Founder - Al Case Al was born in Seattle, WA., on May 27, 1948. He grew up in a nuclear family in Los Altos, CA. He worked as a restaurant manager, school teacher (private), drove a mail truck, and did various other jobs. He currently operates his own business selling martial arts DVD instructional materials. (Monster Martial Arts). He began his studies of the martial arts in November of 1967 at a school of Chinese American Kenpo Karate (Lineage through Tracy to Parker). He quickly became an instructor, and his private notes were eventually used as the instructor’s manual for the school. In 1969 Al gave up being a Kenpo instructor and started all over as a white belt at the Kang Duk Won Korean Karate school run by Robert J. Babich in San Jose. It was at this school that Al received the hands on transmission of The True Art. He began writing for the martial arts magazines in July of 1982 (Kick Illustrated: The Perfect Strike.) His output included over 30 articles for the magazines, then, when the digital age dawned, hundreds of articles over the internet. Often referred to as the “Master Founder” because of a humorous article he had written for Martial Arts Masters (July ‘93), Al was the first person in the history of the martial arts to look at various arts and, rather than solely subjectively combining a few or several to create his own art, as is common in personalized martial arts styles, to delineate the common denominators that were at the root of all martial arts. A partial list of the arts he studied would include: * Kenpo * Kang Duk Won Korean Karate * Kwon Bup Karate * Wing Chun Kung Fu * Aikido * Ton Toi Northern Shaolin Kung Fu * Fut Ga Southern Shaolin Kung Fu * Pa Kua Chang (Various) * Tai Chi Chuan (Various) * Weapons This list doesn’t take into account the vast variety of arts researched through various media and means, or the many different variations of styles he analyzed. A partial list of the arts developed by Al Case would include: * Matrix Karate * Monkey Boxing * Shaolin Butterfly Kung Fu * Butterfly Pa Kua Chang * Five Army Tai Chi Chuan * Outlaw Karate * Al Case Classical Karate In the first years of the 21st millennia, as a direct result of Matrixing, Al founded a religion of the martial arts: The Church of the Martial Arts. The catechism of the Church is based on Neutronics, which subject is a logical outgrowth of Matrixing Technology. The Church of the Martial Arts is commonly and broadly referred to as Monkeyland. The name references a book, then series, written by Al and which is titled Monkeyland. In Monkeyland mankind breaks free of all restraints and establishes freedom and a pathway to the stars. As the blurb on the book states, it (Monkeyland) is another word for freedom. Proliferation Al Case’s methods have been used by martial artists across the world to Matrix a variety of martial arts and systems. A partial list, compiled by indexing the various martial artists who sent their testimonials and wins to Al, would include the following: * Combat Sambo * Kano Jujitsu * Kick Boxing * Miso ryu jujitsu * Taiho Jujitsu * Aiki Jujitsu * Jeet Kune Do * Chi Kung * Iron Palm (Dim Mak?) * Chung Moo Kwan * Silat/Kuntao * Splash Hands * Wing Chun * Kenpo * Ninjitsu * Temple Style Tai Chi * Wu Wei Kung Fu * Chin Na * Goju * Shotokan * Yin Dragon * Pa Kua Chang * Escrima * Kali * Arnis * Chuan Fa * Hapkido * Hsing I * Tai Chi Chuan * Uechi ryu * Bushido Ryu * Shaolin Five Animal * Muay Thai * Brazilian Jujitsu * Tiger/Dragon Karate Kung Fu * Tae Kwon Do * Boxing * Eagle Claw * Snake Style Kung Fu * various Wudang weapons systems Books & Courses by Al Case Martial Arts A partial list of Matrix Materials/Courses: * Matrix Karate * Matrix Aikido * Matrix Kung Fu (Forty Monkeys) * Shaolin Butterfly * Butterfly Pa Kua Chang * Five Army Tai Chi Chuan * Fast Hands/Fast Knives * Ultimate Disarms Following is a list of courses dealing with the development of Matrixing through an historical perspective: Evolution of an Art (Pan Gai Noon, Kang Duk Won, Kwon Bop) Outlaw Karate Neutronics Partial list of books dealing with Neutronics: * The Neutronic Viewpoint * Neutronics * Prologue * Outside the Tube * Matrixing: The Master Text * Circleverse Fiction Partial list of novels The Monkeyland Series * Monkeyland * The Bomber’s Story * The Lone Star Revolt * Yancy * Return to Monkeyland Machina Series * The Haunting of House * Machina (pt 1) * Machina (pt 2) The Wizard of Parts series * Path of the Snake * Path of the Wizard * Path of the Dragon The Avatar Series * Hero * Assassin * Avatar Yancy books * Small in the Saddle * When the Cold Wind Blows Miscellaneous books * Twisted Gods * Falling Skies * Pack * When the White Dove Speaks * The Transformation of Frank Cogswell Other Non-Fiction There are, in addition, a number of non fiction books and booklets which have been written over the years by Al Case. Of particular interest is ‘The Truth About Algebra,’ in which Al Case utilizes Matrixing concepts to analyze and handle algebra. 
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