Kung Fu Masterclass Lesson Notes

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Teaching: you have to make people want to learn before you start to teach them

Kung Fu is about mastering yourself through the three wars: mind, body, breath. Study yourself.

Snap for single arm strikes comes from twisting around the waist. Snap for double arm strikes comes from the back.

Mastering flow is unbeatable. If you're a guy who does one massive swing, you're nothing compared to the person who always has something else coming.

Big weekends are easy. Grand gestures are easy. What's difficult is little things day to day.

Learn something complex, then redo the basics to see how it relates to them and how it improves them.

I did the full staff routine, got some feedback, then just practiced basic moves using the feedback I'd got.

Body mechanics are important. Once your strength goes in your old years, your structure will remain

To master the art, you must master the basics. 90% of the art is found in the sum chien

Kung Fu master is typically seen as old. A western sportsperson is generally seen as out by their mid 30s. Kung Fu is about developing throughout your life.

Sum chien face: to train your sixth sense, you must train your other five. The sum chien face is there to open up all your senses.

I love Kung Fu. I can beat your ass then explain the Taoism behind how I did it.

You achieve total power by using all 11 stone of your body, with twisting and stance work. NOT by using your arm muscles as Hard As You Can!

Martial arts are about being able to use all of your bodyweight against the most vulnerable parts of your opponent's body.

Kung Fu means Success through practice. Good Kung Fu is good practicing. When you're given feedback, just work on that, no matter the initial task.

Weapons should be an extension of your body means you don't move the weapon, you move your arm and the weapon moves as a result. When doing freehand, this means you move your body, and the arm moves as a result. Obviously this carries over into weapons. You move your body, your arm moves, the weapon moves.

You improve by sparring with people who are a little better than you. Too good and they just overwhelm you. If they're worse, you're just doing the same thing you always do. You need to find people who are as good or better than you to challenge you the right amount.