Chapter 8
‘Slow down, release your mind, clear your thoughts and focus your attention inward. Visualize your heart, your lungs, slowing. Be motionless, like a snake on a rock, basking in the sun, perfectly still and yet alert,’ Viktor whispered in a hypnotic voice to Tommy. They were ready to take Tommy’s training to a new level. In a rare moment of personal reflection, Viktor had shared with Tommy that he’d spent time in a Japanese Buddhist Temple, learning from the Zen masters, training in the ancient arts including Zen Meditation. Tommy had asked Viktor to start teaching him some of these techniques because he thought it might help his fighting, plus it sounded so damn cool.
They were both on their knees on the mats in Viktor’s studio. There was no sound and no other people around; th
