SYNERGIZE!

SYNERGIZE! She came out of nowhere screaming something incoherent and Anna could feel the larger woman’s momentum as she rushed into her grabbing with both hands at her blouse. Anna had luckily done this before in her HAPKIDO training. She audibly said, “SYNERGIZE ,” as she moved with her new friend in what might have appeared to be a new age dance move. The motion itself was enough, and her new found “dance partner from hell” swung right past her. Perhaps she was less upset than she thought, she recognized her mistake, or maybe knew instinctually that Anna was not someone to mess with as she calmed down almost immediately. Within seconds Anna was actually consoling the obviously upset woman with her soothing voice, as the distraught woman sobbed into her hands, and the world was right again. SYNERGY is sometimes overused as a pop, business success, team term. You know, the kind of stuff you hear just before your business team does the “fall back and trust catch” exercise. In self-defense and in life, or Life Defense, SYNERGY is a very real thing. In fact if you don’t SYNERGIZE with a larger, stronger, or faster opponent, you’ll probably suffer assault, injury and perhaps death. Energy is just energy. In the simplest of HAPKIDO and Aikido terms, “Use the energy that is given you.” In life look for ways to use even the energy of your opponent, or opposition to multiply your power and improve your outcome…. Allen Hughes #synergize #lifedefense