Martial arts intent

[Urban Samurai]

How would you define intent as it relates to the martial arts? Do you consider intent to be solely manifested through aggression?

[Nick Lowry]

Some musings--

intent is mutivalent
intent is conscious design or will
intent shapes action and energy and art
intent may be aggressive or non aggresssive
intent can be a necessity
intent can be an excessive distraction
intent drives training and training drives action that becomes empty of "intent"