wing chun dummy

 

There are a number of reasons to start learning a martial art.  I know when I began wing chun training it was more out of fitness and a side effect would be the ability to kick but. I didn’t really enjoy going to gyms with their beefy muscle  walking  around just grunting at your direction.

 

Others learn wing chun kung fu to build confidence. Which is an ideal situation.  Learning a martial art or any method that offers security and a sense of pride.A majority of our lives are live in fear, we feel out of control? This applies to all aspects of our lives.More to the point i have found that it is the biggest bullies that seek to impose their physicality that are the most fearful and insecure.The look to hide their insecurities by being the strongest and being bullies.

However I side effect I found whilst doing my wing chun training was that the more I learned the more comfortable I became with myself.Going out i was calm and relaxed.When someone was acting inappropriately – maybe drunk and calling out names, previously i woud get upset and felt insulted and had to prove my self by how strong i was and how much of a big man i was.

 

However as I developed my skill and came confident in my abilities I came to realise that it I was the only one I had to prove anything to.  A drunken stranger does not determine who I am or have the ability to provoke me , because I had an understanding which I was and what person I wanted to be.  To be totally superficial, did I need to prove to the world that I was able to beat up a drunk who didn’t know better.I had the confidence in myself that i could defend myself and other around me.. I didn’t have to get in a fight to boost my ego. I confidence that i did not need to prove myself.  That is the gift wing chun training gave me.

 

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