Training Alone
It’s been awhile since my last post. Events have transpired, circumstances have changed (slightly) In short, there was no real reason for me to write anything. I wasn’t up to the mark. Hence I did…
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Reflections on Wing Chun, internal martial arts, and the training path.
It’s been awhile since my last post. Events have transpired, circumstances have changed (slightly) In short, there was no real reason for me to write anything. I wasn’t up to the mark. Hence I did…
Read more →Although this blog is mainly for me, I have not been doing much writing. The reason is that there is work to be done. Focus and emphasize seng. That is where the honey is at. Everything…
Read more →I am coming across a more, basic concept in regards to improving my wing chun. There are too many ideas and technicalities being expressed. I highly doubt Ip Man taught in such a manner. To…
Read more →We don’t want anything other than chi or prana training. It is kind of pointless to hone techniques that cannot be updated to every situation. Reading the book, Mastery Mindset, the author (a practitioner of…
Read more →If you are learning martial arts to fight – and you wish to fight other human beings – then why not join the military or become a mercenary. If these martial arts truly were made…
Read more →Stitches. Something has been created, wrapped up and sown up shut. Yet how long will it last? How quickly do the seams show themselves? And how quickly will they burst? We practice leisurely. We practice…
Read more →Everyone is on different skill levels. If I showcase my abilities to a random guy off the street, I’ll be able to affect him more than I would a person training for 20+ years in…
Read more →I was watching Nima’s latest video and a few things came to my mind: 1) Use of multiple joints in multiple vectors simultaneously. This is so basic, it’s silly. This should have been obvious from…
Read more →Here are excerpts I found exceedingly interesting in the book “Mastery Mind-Set” (149171459X). Page 20-21 – Regarding Belts “If your club uses colored belts, know that this tradition only goes back to the 1940s, when…
Read more →There really are no techniques. Anything goes because anything has the chance to work. This being said, there is no need to “formally” learn techniques. Techniques are tricky because they can easily be stolen. All…
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