1)

A symbolic act of showing respect to conceptual entities - created by starting from an attention stance, bending at the waist or neck for a period of time, and returning to the attention stance.

2)

Short term for Bow and Arrow.

Inflected Form(s):

1)

Bowing (adjective), Bows (plural), Bowed (past tense)

Comments:

1)

Kenpo practitioners are taught to never bow to an individual or group - only to inanimate objects. This is due to the fact that bowing is traditionally a sign of subservience.

If a Kenpo practitioner wishes to show their respect to an individual or group, they are taught to salute.

The bow in Kenpo is to symbolically show respect for the art, it's deadly potential, and all of the others that have trained before them.

2)

See Bow and Arrow.

Example(s):

1)

If the speed of an incoming attack were under estimated and a block was delivered to divert the attack, the defensive maneuver would fail unless the speed of the block were increased sufficiently to compensate for the error in estimation. The act of increasing the speed of the block would be an example of accelerating.

2)

see sophisticated.

A.K.A.:

2)

Bow and Arrow

Related Definition(s):

1)

Bend, Lean, Salutation

2)

Bow and Arrow

Related Argot(s):

1)

Bow

Related Term(s):

1)

Body Mechanics

2)

Body Alignment