Kung-Fu Skills Aren’t Just for the Kwoon
In Kung Fu, you learn things like punches, kicks and forms, but you also develop important skills like focus, balance, discipline and awareness. These skills are important outside the Kwoon too!
In Kung Fu, you learn things like punches, kicks and forms, but you also develop important skills like focus, balance, discipline and awareness. These skills are important outside the Kwoon too!
If you’ve ever stopped to watch a leaf fall, you know it doesn’t just drop straight down, it sways and floats until it lands gently. There’s a lot we can learn from that leaf in our Kung-Fu training.
Having already discussed the importance of the correct mindset when wielding weapons and understanding their deeper details, we can now turn our attention to how to build skill with weapons as you continue your practice.
For the students who are returning this fall from weeks or months of being away, this article will focus on how to re-integrate Kung Fu into your schedule.
Although the feeling is perennial, this Spring was truly one of the busiest and most positive!
Students often default to sparring with the same partners. I get it, it’s soothing to face off against the same opponent. You know what to expect and are rarely taken by surprise. Here is the catch though: if you never step outside of your comfort zone, you never grow.