Why did Bruce Lee develop jeet kune do?
Bruce Lee had studied wing chun and felt that wing chun did not fully address certain aspects of combat such as grappling, kicking and floor work.
To resolve this, Bruce Lee sought to develop his own martial arts system.
Many modern martial arts focus on certain aspects of combat and neglect other considerations.
Typically, an art is concerned with grappling or striking/kicking.
Broadly speaking, judo, ju jitsu and aikido are grappling arts... whilst karate, wing chun and tae kwon do are striking arts.
Saturday
Friday
Sifu swords
Contrast the colour of Sifu's jian scabbard with the handle?
The rayskin has gone white from years of use.
Learning any skill
Learning to drive a car, speak a foreign language or play a musical instrument involves time, patience, practice and expense.
A night school college course requires commitment.
Joining a gym often involves becoming a member.
A night school college course requires commitment.
Joining a gym often involves becoming a member.
Thursday
Sorrow
Questioner: My mother has been dead for some years. Quite recently I have lost my father also, and I am full of remorse. My sorrow is not only remorse, but also the feeling of suddenly being left alone. What am I to do? How am I to get over it?
Krishnamurti: If one may ask, do you suffer for your father, or does sorrow arise from having no longer the relationship to which you had grown accustomed?
Questioner: I don't quite understand what you mean.
Krishnamurti: Do you suffer because your father is gone, or because you feel lonely?
You are suffering, surely, not for your father, but because you are lonely, and your sorrow is that which comes from self-pity.
(Krishnamurti)
Krishnamurti: If one may ask, do you suffer for your father, or does sorrow arise from having no longer the relationship to which you had grown accustomed?
Questioner: I don't quite understand what you mean.
Krishnamurti: Do you suffer because your father is gone, or because you feel lonely?
You are suffering, surely, not for your father, but because you are lonely, and your sorrow is that which comes from self-pity.
(Krishnamurti)
Wednesday
Commerce
Businesses seek to make money. They accomplish this in many ways.
One method is 'abstraction'.
Instead of handling money with your hands, you are encouraged to use 'electronic' methods of payment:
One method is 'abstraction'.
Instead of handling money with your hands, you are encouraged to use 'electronic' methods of payment:
- Credit card
- Debit card
- Store card
- Standing order
- Direct debit
- Mobile phone contract
These all serve to distance you from the transaction itself.
Common health problems
Students frequently come to class with backache and tight shoulders, or they simply cannot relax.
Our training releases the muscles, calms the nerves and dissipates tension.
Our training releases the muscles, calms the nerves and dissipates tension.
Tuesday
No neigong
The way most people do tai chi, it's not a martial art. They could never use it the way they're doing it. Everything's in their hands, they just fill in the rest with fantasy talk.
(Paul Gale)
Sunday
Time
To heal, we must commit ourselves to a healthier life.
Every day we waste in idleness is gone forever.
Time will not wait.
Every day we waste in idleness is gone forever.
Time will not wait.
Alert
Our classes make people feel more alert.
Students are required to be open to new ideas and explore the material for themselves.
There is the joy of discovery, of finding out for yourself what works.
Self defence training increases your physical and mental awareness; you become more receptive and you notice more.
Your body suddenly seems to be telling you things. This is not new. What's new is that you are listening.
Students are required to be open to new ideas and explore the material for themselves.
There is the joy of discovery, of finding out for yourself what works.
Self defence training increases your physical and mental awareness; you become more receptive and you notice more.
Your body suddenly seems to be telling you things. This is not new. What's new is that you are listening.
Friday
Other forms
We teach a number of forms derived from the Yang Cheng Fu form, including sword, staff and 2-person sets.
Thursday
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Wednesday
Investment
Long-term tai chi chuan training has been proven to radically affect many ailments/illnesses and conditions.
It is a serious investment in terms of health.
Your health should be prized above all else.
If you have poor health, your quality of life will be poor.
Looking after your body takes time, patience and commitment.
It is a serious investment in terms of health.
Your health should be prized above all else.
If you have poor health, your quality of life will be poor.
Looking after your body takes time, patience and commitment.
Tuesday
Small circle
The term 'small circle' refers specifically to the degree of waist rotation.
Inexperienced students must always exaggerate the waist movement in order to train the correct nerve and muscle usage.
Large circle becomes small circle with time.
It cannot be forced.
Inexperienced students must always exaggerate the waist movement in order to train the correct nerve and muscle usage.
Large circle becomes small circle with time.
It cannot be forced.
Monday
Sabre
The second form is actually a sword form using movements derived from the Yang Cheng Fu form.
This heavy weapon offers a notable workout.
It develops upper body strength, whole body movement and wrist flexibility. Students learn how to extend their energy through the blade.
The sabre was designed for use against multiple opponents.
We do not teach the sabre as a self defence tool.
This heavy weapon offers a notable workout.
It develops upper body strength, whole body movement and wrist flexibility. Students learn how to extend their energy through the blade.
The sabre was designed for use against multiple opponents.
We do not teach the sabre as a self defence tool.
Saturday
Sifu's approach
The highest level of tai chi chuan practice is high stance and small circle. In high stance and small circle you can conserve your energy to a maximum level. This is very crucial in battle. Endurance has always been the crucial key to survival in a long battle. Moreover, due to high stance and smaller posture you can reach to the deepest relaxed stage, the mind is highly concentrated, and the sensitivity and alertness can be extremely sharp.
(Yang Jwing-Ming)
(Yang Jwing-Ming)
Friday
Daily training
If you attended lessons for 4 years, and trained every day at home, how much practice have you done?
180 training sessions in class (45 x 4) + 4 years daily practice at home (365 x 4) = 1640 training sessions.
That is almost 10 times the amount of practice relative to simply attending class.
Naturally, there are other considerations, such as: how many minutes or hours of daily training do you undertake?
What is the quality of that practice?
But you get the general idea...
180 training sessions in class (45 x 4) + 4 years daily practice at home (365 x 4) = 1640 training sessions.
That is almost 10 times the amount of practice relative to simply attending class.
Naturally, there are other considerations, such as: how many minutes or hours of daily training do you undertake?
What is the quality of that practice?
But you get the general idea...
Wednesday
Rest
Students of tai chi chuan learn how to relax and rest.
They become more capable of managing stress and conflict in a constructive manner.
The supplementary reading promotes change and flexibility, freedom and receptiveness. The mind is opened and the consciousness expanded.
The quality of life is enhanced.
They become more capable of managing stress and conflict in a constructive manner.
The supplementary reading promotes change and flexibility, freedom and receptiveness. The mind is opened and the consciousness expanded.
The quality of life is enhanced.
Monday
The paradox of our age
We have bigger houses but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees, but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts, but more problems; more medicines, but less healthiness.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but we have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.
We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods but slow digestion; tall man but short character; steep profits but shallow relationships.
It’s a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.
(Dalai Lama)
We have more degrees, but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts, but more problems; more medicines, but less healthiness.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but we have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.
We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods but slow digestion; tall man but short character; steep profits but shallow relationships.
It’s a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.
(Dalai Lama)
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