My Wing Chun Sharings
Wing Chun means something very differently to me that what it was when I started my first training 15 years ago. Throughout this 15 years, I have stopped training, I have changed instructors and I have tried training by myself, but never have I felt so enthusiastic and hyped up about Wing Chun than I am now.
Wing Chun, to me nowadays, is no longer a sport, no longer a martial arts or a tool for self defense. I feel that wing chun is now part of me. I practise my wing chun stance when I am in a moving MTR, I practise my forward force when I am opening heavy mall doors and I always remind myself to have the awareness of keeping a straight and relaxed posture. It is amazing to find out from the "Mindful Wing Chun" instructors and Si Kung how a small movement in a shoulder or elbow joint can make such a big difference to the force, power and speed. It further amazes me how wing chun can be so melted with the alignment of my body, the way I stand, and the way I move since every single posture/ movement in my body will make a difference. Tributes to the ancestors who are able to discover and invent this hidden principle in Wing Chun.
In addition to an improvement to my posture and physical well being, practising wing chun has also helped me a great deal in my mental well being. One would have thought that learning Kung Fu and fighting moves will make one aggressive and feeling very heated up, but ironically, practising wing chun can actually calm one self down. Wing Chun does not promote the concept of fighting, it encourages trainees not to have the concept of "win" or "lose", it is this mental teaching which can help to calm one down during a sparring or fight so that we can concentrate on our body posture and joint movements for power and results. The calmer you are, the more powerful wing chun is. Not only is this applicable to wing chun training, this embedded mental training has also helped me in dealing with stressful situations at work and in daily lives, since I am able to calm myself much easier that I used to be able to.
I am opening my eyes, my body and my mind to this whole new set of wing chun principles and training and I look forward to every wing chun training that I have.
