Often referred to as simply No Mind (無心 Mushin), The Mind Without Mind (無心の心 Mushin no Shin) is an altered state of consciousness where an individual's conventional memory are temporarily discarded from his or her consciousness in favor of his or her muscle memory. Whilst within mushin, a martial artist will put his or her years of training to literally perfect use. To put it simply, there are ways around the limitations of mushin. One just have to be smart enough to find them.