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Wing Chun Sifu Leo Au Yeung Interviews GM Sam Chin on Fa Jing and Chin Na

By srmoody March 10, 2023 Leave a Comment

Sifu Leo Au Yeung, who teaches both Wing Chun and Hung Gar, and studied Wing Chun with both Ip Chun and Samuel Kwok, is best known for his work on fight choreography on the Ip Man movies starring Donnie Yen.

“From flowing you can observe the condition as it is, and then merge, to be as one, harmonizing with the environment and the opponent. When you harmonize then you can take control.”
GM Sam F.S. Chin

“Awakening and Harmonizing – The Art of Sam Chin” – An Interview by Qi Magazine
Issue 41, February 1999

Filed Under: Internal Arts

Internal Power of Grandmaster Sam Chin

By srmoody March 9, 2023 Leave a Comment

The things Grandmaster mentions about being in the now reminds me of what I learned from my Wing Chun Sifu Greg LeBlanc.  The awareness needs to be trained so that you are not reacting to something that is already in the past (whatever your conscious mind can detect with your eyes about what the other person is doing) or that is only in your mind (your expectations based on your experience).  You need to train to be fully present.  Everything your mind is telling you is old news.

Filed Under: Wing Chun

Lessons From the Samurai: The Secret To Always Being At Your Best

By srmoody December 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

“For warriors in particular, if you calm your own mind and discern the inner minds of others, that may be called the foremost art of war.”
Shiba Yoshimasa (1349-1410)

As I emphasized in Wing Chun Mind (see sidebar), the brain is the most lethal weapon. Developing a capacity to remain calm in a potentially or actually violent situation is key. You can be jacked, have tremendous cardio, many years of high level training, and lots of combat experience, but if fear or anger blur your vision in a fight, you will lose 90% of your advantages. Fear and anger lead to impulsiveness and careless body structure. Good fighters stay in the pocket, even though the pocket is the scariest place to be. You have to be able to place yourself in danger carefully and trust your training to preserve you. Emotional fighters lean away from their opponents. They dart in and out to try and avoid getting hit, but not strategically, but driven by fear. Its like inexperienced soldiers, who spray and pray, too afraid to expose themselves long enough to line up their shots.

Here is an interesting article on how Samurai trained themselves to remain calm.

Lessons From The Samurai: The Secret To Always Being At Your Best by  Eric Barker

Reading a few books by samurai there was one thing I saw repeated again and again and again that surprised me.

It has nothing to do with swords, fighting or strategy. Actually, quite the opposite when you think about it.

What did so many of history’s greatest warriors stress as key to success and optimal performance?

“Being calm.”

READ THE REST HERE

Samurai

 

Filed Under: Fighting Mind

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