Understanding Wing Tsun Kung Fu
‘Living philosophy’, is what Wing Tsun Kung-Fu, which is one of the chinese arts, used to be described as by the ancient masters.
At its highest stage, Wing Tsun instructs you in understanding yourself as well as your interrelationships with your fellow humans.
Combining the principles of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, the practice of Wing Tsun is focused on enshrining its fundamental concepts in those who practice it. Among these are a genuine appreciation of honour, faithfulness, dignity and respect for fellow humans as well as mastery of the ego and temperament. Without these, one cannot master himself or Wing Tsun, which is one and the same.
Because this art has these unique characteristics this art is currenly referred to as ‘the noble Wing Tsun’. Thus the final objective of Wing Tsun is the pupil’s personal growth. Indeed, ‘Si-Fu’ means ‘Father-Teacher’, an aknowledgement of the responsiblity of the Master when he accepts someone as his ‘todai’ (son).. This is different than other martial art forms, like karate where the term sensei means teacher.
There is a Spiritual, Physical and Health side for Wing Tsun. It’s regrettably infrequent to find schools to teach these three together. Spiritual guidance and understanding can only come from a true Master, whereas physical technique can be emulated. Wing Tsun as a discipline emphasises the personal as well as physical development of the students.
It is not necessary for you to be Chinese in order to comprehend the Martial Arts; studying the teachings of previous and current masters of the system can lead to great understanding. If you appreciate the historical and social background to it, logically, this is possible. This martial art is based on a solid foundation, and if the learning of the steps that stand on this foundation are altered or ignored, then the entire foundation is compromised.
Take away your history if you take away your culture and etiquette. It is important to learn the history of martial arts. It is a just a series of moves with no principles or any understanding behind them. This really is not a true martial art.
The necessity to learn Martial Art is basically no different from wanting to learn something else such humanities or law terminology. As Hiliare Barnett, author of the book Constitutional and Administrative Law, states in her work, “to study the UK’s constitution successfully, it is necessary to gain an insight into the history, politics and political philosphy which underpin the constitution, it is an essential component without which the structure, law and policies of the state cannot be understood.”
To help enormously with these tasks it is essential to find the right Master and good martial arts clubs.
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