Desire is the power of wanting. The power itself is neither good nor bad. It can be the cause of unlimited joy, but also the cause of a black hole of suffering. Blindly following your desire will cause your life to swing between joy and depression, pleasure and pain, without any control. Desire is a
Discipline 1: Pose and Feeling Control Start with the pose, as if being eternal, ending with silence, as if there is no time. Beginning with any pose, you must concentrate fully, without fear, and feel as if the whole universe is focused on you as its centre. Trust yourself as if you control the entire
Let’s first compare martial art training to driving a racing car, before explaining the top secrets of self-defence. A well-trained martial art body (strong bone density, well-developed muscles, and flexibility) is the high-tech design of a racing car’s shape. The force of martial art (energy and speed) is the engine. The fighting technique (ability to
Comparing Western Physical Training and Eastern Martial Arts 1. Westerners concentrate on building up their bodies and are more concerned with their appearance than their performance. If people were racing cars, Westerners would only be interested in the shell. Eastern martial arts are not about caring how big that shell is, but how aerodynamic and
The original idea of kung fu has nothing to do with the martial arts. “Kung” means the time devoted to working on something. “Fu” means a tough guy or an intelligent person. When put together, the phrase describes somebody who works hard at a task. Chinese people even use this to make jokes about their
