MoveEn.vim

" In this version, even if your paragraph does not have a preceding blank line 
" it will performa the task, pleas comment on it.

function! MoveEm(position)
  let saved_cursor = getpos(".")
  "let previous_blank_line = search('^$', 'bn')
  keepjumps execute 'normal {'
  if getline('.') !~ '^$'
    let previous_blank_line = line('.') - 1
  else
    let previous_blank_line = line('.')
  endif
  let target_line = previous_blank_line + a:position - 1
  call setpos('.', saved_cursor)
  execute 'move ' . target_line
  call setpos('.', saved_cursor)
endfunction

for position in range(1, 9)
  execute 'nnoremap m' . position . ' :call MoveEm(' . position . ')<cr>'
endfor