THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE!

The old saying, which has many applications, that 'the hand is quicker than the eye' also means that ACTION IS FASTER THAN REACTION! As you know Gurdjieff from my blog made some contributions to martial arts which most writers on his life have largely ignored. In the book, MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN(which has been also made into a movie by Peter Brook) G(to which he is often referred by) on page 48(forty-eight) that book states: 'STRIKE-and you will not be struck. BUT if you do not strike-they will beat you to death..."