What do you think?...

Anyone here find that meditation helps your WC?

I dont do any yet, but have been recommended to start…what do you think?

S.Teebas

yes.

begin immediatly.

strike!

I believe that meditation can help the mind. Only training can help Wing Chun.

Kevin


Continued blessings in your life and your training.

The key to understanding is to open your mind and your heart and then the eyes will follow.

spectre

do you not use your mind when you’re doing wing chun? :confused:

Spark

I suppose that meditation may help with the understanding of a technique or even help to relieve stress before working out or training.

Meditation cannot help you with your own adrenaline rush during a fight or even your reading skill when your opponent initiates.

So generically - yes meditation can help your Wing Chun. In an application sense I do not believe that it does since all things should be a reaction to your opponent’s intent.

I guess the original question begs for further qualification.

Kevin


Continued blessings in your life and your training.

The key to understanding is to open your mind and your heart and then the eyes will follow.

Meditation helps

yes meditation helps. Think of it as a suppliment.

Replace Sil Lum Tao with meditation? NO. In addition too? Yes. Learn how from someone who really does know how to do it and has done it for a while.

marty

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Meditation cannot help you with your own adrenaline rush during a fight…

When your mind is calm, there is no adrenaline rush, nor an associated loss of precision.

…or even your reading skill when your opponent initiates.

If you want to read a book, you should turn off your television. Otherwise, you will waste energy.

IMO,Siu Lim Tao is meditation! The little idea is synonym with meditation. If you do it with the mind controling the hand at all times and with relaxation you are actually meditating.The little idea is “being there” at the moment doing one thing and trying to keep all other thoughts not wanted out of it.
I believe that the forms are: Meditation,chi-kung and principles as well as technical texts.

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Yes, because it can help strengthen the focus of the mind and unlock internal power. To my mind, internal power has a lot to do with switching off the main muscles associated with movement and bringing into play the stabilising muscles and tendons. I agree with Old Jong too.

Max

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When your mind is calm, there is no adrenaline rush, nor an associated loss of precision.

So do you meditate when fighting?

If you want to read a book, you should turn off your television. Otherwise, you will waste energy.

Everything you do expends energy - even meditation. If you do not read your opponent’s intention, do you meditate blindfolded when fighting?

Just curious…

Kevin


Continued blessings in your life and your training.

The key to understanding is to open your mind and your heart and then the eyes will follow.

When I do Si Lum Tao I totally clear my mind of every thought(The Best I Can). I totally relax and do the form slowly and listen to my body. If I feel my arm going out too far and creating even the least amount of pulling, I follow it with my shoulder and so forth. I use the least resistance necesary to make the movement. If you do this slowly then the movement will become engrained into your subconcious and when you want to punch, your body will punch exactly as you praticed at whatever speed and power that is your intent. In a way this is meditation. In meditation you calm your mind and totally relax your body and listen to whats going on inside. I believe that Anything you do,if you pratice it, master it…it will become internal.

That just my opinion… :wink:

When your mind is calm, there is no adrenaline rush, nor an associated loss of precision.
So do you meditate when fighting?

On a good day.

Everything you do expends energy - even meditation.

And yet, all practices are not equal.

If you do not read your opponent’s intention, do you meditate blindfolded when fighting?

Where did I say that? Do you rely on your eyes to read intention? How can you keep up with your opponent’s thoughts, much less their hands?

Try sparring while reciting the alphabet backwards. Then come back and tell me that the functions of your mind are insignificant in the heat of combat.

>IMO,Siu Lim Tao is meditation<

Old Jong hit it on the spot!!