Een gezonde rug + rugoefening
Rugoefening om alle dagen uit te voeren. Aandachtspunten: Rustig in- en uitademen door de neus. Voeten op schouderhoogte. Knieën lichtjes gebogen gedurende heel de oefening ook als je op je tippen gaat staan. Bij het naar voor buigen duiken we echt naar voor zoals in een zwembad. Bij het terug rechtkomen drukken we met de […]
Trainen voor Ma Bu
Duncan Leung on Yip Man
Funny, interesting… maybe a little sad. This is what Duncan Leung had to say. Enjoy. The Yip Man I knew was soft spoken, gentle, liked jokes, walked very firm, never complained, not in front of me anyway, never talked behind anybody’s back, seldom to talk about himself. He was being very smooth never saying anything to […]
The Ten Shaolin Laws
The Ten Shaolin Laws are non-religious, and transcend all cultures and races, i.e. people of any culture and race would agree that they promote values that are worthy and desirable. Laws, in the Shaolin tradition, are not meant to be punitive or restrictive, but as practical means to help followers achieve set aims and objectives; in […]
The Psoas: Muscle of The Soul
POSTED ON MARCH 23, 2011 BY DANIELLE PROHOM OLSON 102 I was delighted when I first came across Liz Koch’s amazing work because it confirmed much of what I’d been intuiting on my own. I had begun to open and close my yoga practise with hip opening poses with the specific intention of releasing tension in my psoas and hip […]
Chinese benamingen
In onze school hechten we belang aan bepaalde tradities en gewoonten. Ook het respect naar leraars en medestudenten is belangrijk in je opleiding in onze Wing Chun school.
GM Samuel Kwok on Chi Sao
”Chi Sau is a form of training was found in the Wing Chun System .There are Tai Chi Pushing hands and others similar. Through Chi Sau we can learn 4 important things How to use our energy correctly .We use our energy when necessary . To develop reflexes and sensitivity ( If you don’t know how to […]
The Learning Process
In the self-improvement classic ‘The New Psycho-Cybernetics – The Original Science of Self-Improvement’ by Maxwell Maltz, there is an explanation of what Maltz calls the four stages of learning. These four levels explain the progression from knowing nothing of the skill, to mastery of the skill. If studied, these four levels can be seen to […]
Wu-De
Wu-De (Virtue) Chinese Martial Arts place a strong emphasis on Wu-De, or the concept of morality in martial arts. Martial skill, like any other weapon, bears responsibility for its use. Therefore, a student learns not only fighting techniques in the Kung-Fu school, but also principles for living an honorable and fulfilling life. In turn, these […]
True Freedom: You Already Have Everything You Need
Martial Arts is a way of being in life. It’s very difficult in the beginning to make your practice into a habit and even when you’ve been doing it for many years, there can still be a struggle. But this is good because it shows your practice is constantly challenging you. The key to rising […]
