Most folks, or a lot anyway, think that anger or aggressiveness is Spirit, I don't think that it is. The Chinese have a term "Yi" which means intent.so you have stuff like Hsing-i and I-Chuan, ( "I" can be "Yi".I think) anyway the idea of intention is very important to an Internal stylist because it is where he will concentrate his mind or focus.as an example if somebody grabs your wrist, the usual thing is that you focus on your wrist and try to pull it away
, now in CIMA ( Chinese Internal Martial Arts) this is a big NoNo...your YI should be in your elbow, because if you move that, you can escape the hold but in your wrist and you have lost, that is just a very basic example, and I am certainly no expert in this just an enthusiastic learner
..............which is great in one way, because I am getting older I will probably never exhaust my study of IMCA, but frustrating because at times it is very difficult to grasp.....then again there is the tale of the peasant who insults a Samurai ( by stepping on his shadow or some other sch*t) and the samurai challenges him to a duel, the guy panics and goes to visit the old samurai who is the head of his village....this old guy tells him to go put his affairs in order, and say his goodbyes to his wife and family, think about his life and accept that he will die, and to come back tomorrow....................not the type of stuff that you want to hear, he goes back the next day and the old swordmaster tells him that although he will surely die there is the possibility that he can take his enemy with him, what he must do is this ...........the old man takes three stones and places them about three feet apart, he must raise his sword above his head and rush forward, at the first stone he must began his kiai, and the second it will howl like a ghost, at the third as he brings his sword down he must shout so loud that he can wake the hordes of hell......and sadly this will be the end of his life
.because all though he may take his enemy with him he will die also ...............that last movement must have all the importance of the last moment of the universe.........................I have heard various endings to this tale
....but I will say this, we all must die, we don't know when or where......and maybe we will get the chance to test our spirit then as we face a life ending disease, or like those poor folks on the planes at 9/11.........would that be anger/acceptance/sacrifice
..really don't know....very difficult question.........can you put that into a kata if it was your last moment on earth
)....or launching themselves from 30feet away 
