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Welcome to the WingTsun News Letter for March 2010
"Its the mark of an educated mind, to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" Aristotle
This is a busy time of the year for most of us and its easy to be lackadaisical about training. Especially when the focus is on relaxation and various kinds of recreation. Training can take a back seat to other forms of enjoyment. One of the truly great features of the WT training system is that it can be done almost anywhere and requires no specialised equipment. (NB Please note within the WT system there are 3 empty handed forms, one Wooden dummy from and two weapons forms. The first two forms are learn t in the first 12 student grades.) Which means you could get a private lesson in a toilet cubicle and you can practice you Kup Jarn whilst peculating coffee.
Getting good at WT requires practice and instruction. There are probably self made masters out there. However they are one in a million freaks. The rest of us must go to school and be guided (sometimes poked and prodded !!) into becoming bonafide wt pugilists.
In this Newsletter:
- WingTsun Headquarters Waterloo News
- WingTsun knife defence
- EGO FREE
- Keep your Kid's Save
- WingTsun Parramatta News
- WingTsun Brisbane News
- Timing Part 4
- Seminars 2009-2010
WingTsun Headquarters Waterloo
Blitz Magazine featured and interesting article about the WingTsun ReacTsun training
Friday night classes are on hold for the daylight saving months and will return later in the year. Ropes have been installed in the rear training area and have been incorporated into the Core strength training Program.
Dean Bullok successfully graded on the 10th student level and joins the ranks of veteran Senior WT Students.
WingTsun Knife defence seminar
Traditionally, WingTsun knife defence is taught in the later student programmes, as it is helpful to teach knife work in general which also includes the teachings of how to use a knife for self defence. As a responsible teacher, I never have and will not teach students I do not know very well. I will not teach students who have not been with our organisation for a while and have been deemed mentally stable and responsible human beings the skill to potentially cut other people in to pieces. As a matter of fact I believe schools or organisation who teacher every Joe Blow from the street how to work with a knife endanger society.
Having myself experienced two different incidences during my time as a bouncer in Heidelberg’s night club “Cigarillo” where I was confronted once with a fella wielding two butterfly knifes and the second time by guy with a police record as long as most peoples memoires with a crocodile Dundee size bowie knife in his hand, which I needed to sorted out. I know how challenging this can be for a student.
The fact is knife attacks do happen and even though, contrary to what many believe, criminal incidents with Knifes, Swords, Screwdrivers or scissors have not risen in NSW since 2000 according to The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics you can read about it in the paper on a weekly base and we witnessed the aftermath of such an incidents around 4 weeks ago at the local pub having lunch at the instructor weekend.
After this incident I made the decision to separate the knife defence without having a knife yourself (please remember It became a crime to carry a knife in public in 1998 when the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Police and Public Safety) Act 1998 (NSW) was passed) and teach the knife defence to students from any level in a series of special seminars where the first one was held last week in Sydney and the next one will be in two weeks time in Brisbane.
So hope to see you all there
Si-Fu
An ego free training enviroment
What is the point.? Does it require an operation?
Many would translate this to mean “Don't be a wanker” ; which is not really inaccurate as much as too broad in its scope. Most Humans secretly fear being a real wanker and have vastly differing opinions as to the nature of this state of being.
This interpretation may have the effect of cultivating an atmosphere of paranoia in some students and this is not the intended outcome of encouraging us to leave our egos at the door when we come to school.
Ego 1. The 'I' or self of any person … as thinking, feeling and willing … and distinguishing itself from others. (Macquarie Dictionary)
From this definition one could infer that: if you are a human you have one and, generally speaking, its a good thing. Enabling me to enjoy being me and spot a scoundrel at distance.
My ego tells me who I am and influences my estimation of others. In a learning context, it can get in the way of my ability to entertain ideas (critical thinking – the ability to entertain an idea without accepting it) and perform techniques that are new and unfamiliar, by distracting me with self-obsession that effectively blocks the learning process. On the street, being self-centered protects me from danger but in the kwoon it can interfere with my ability to listen, understand and remember.
Sweet.!! just check the ego and its all good, but how does one actually achieve this altered state of being? For each of us the details are different but we begin at the same place. The first Power Principle tells us to “free youself from yourself”, before we can begin to deal with anyone else. The first Fighting Principle tells us “if the way is free go forward”, but how many time do we block our own way with self obsession? If our minds are awash with thoughts and emotion we can become blind to the reality of our situation. The First form (Siu nim tau) introduces us to the concept of beginning the process of opening ourselves to new ways, by the acceptance of a “Little idea” at a time. With fertilisation, these ideas grow and our expression of our WT becomes how we live our lives; We are transformed by the process of learning.
So take the cotton wool out of your ears and put it in your mouth. Have faith (though not blind faith) that your Si-Fu knows how to help you and be kind to you brothers and sisters.
10 Tips to keep your kid's save
The “Kids-WingTsun-behaviour-rules” for childern and their parents increases safety for children who are always physically inferior to grown-up attackers and predators.
10 Kids-WingTsun tips for safe a trip to school:
- Take the trip together – The shortest way is not always the safest. Kids should take a route with a lot of pedestrians they can talk to if necessary. Take the walk with your children and show them somewhere, for example shops, where they can turn to someone in an emergency. It has to be clear to the kid: I must stay on the path and go home quickly.
- Form groups – Arrange with other parents, so that no child has to walk by themselves. Important: All parents must talk this over with their children, so it is clear that no one is ever left behind.
- Keep distance from strangers – Do roll-plays with your kids, ideally with other adults, who try to engage them into a conversation or talk them into getting into a car. If an adult asks for the way, the kids must keep walking and only respond with: “I am a child, ask an adult!”
- Ban secrets – Kids love secrets and this is what offenders try to exploit. Explain to your kids that there are no secrets that mum and dad cannot know about, regardless of what another adult says.
- Avoid names on School Bags – Never put the name and address on the outside of the school bag, but rather attach a tag on the inside.
- Agree on a code word – Agree on a code word with your child, that can be used in case you can’t pick up your child from a meeting point. Regardless if colleague or neighbour, the person must name the code word before the kid gets into the car.
- Practice screaming – Don’t just tell your kid to scream in an emergency, but actually practice it together.
- Include pedestrians – Practice with your kid and some other people you know, how to ask pedestrians for help. Your child must learn to approach pedestrians in a specific manner: ”Excuse me, you in the red jacket. Please help me. That man is following me. I’m scared…”
- Explain rights and rules – Explain what adults are allowed and not allowed to do. Especially with known persons, for example neighbours, kids are often too trusting. Set clear rules, from which there are, no exceptions and practice these in roll-plays.
- Get support – Parents must set rules for their kids. But to practice these may be difficult, because Mum and Dad are just not strangers. Therefore ask a friend your children don’t know, to do the roll-plays with your kids or see a Kids WingTsun trainer. Golden rule for all roll-plays: The children must always know it is only a game and should never be scared.
It’s been a great start to the new year with so many new recruits joining the Parramatta family, so WingTsun Parramatta would like to welcome our newest students, Jason, Roy, Vlad, Denis, Alvin and a big welcome back to Chris after a years absence.
Thank you to Si-Fu for the recent Knife Defense Seminar, everyone in attendance was enthusiastic, gave it their all and had fun doing it. WTP’s representatives on the night (apart from my humble self) was Dan, one of our more senior students as well as two relatively new (but rising steadily) students, Marko and Andrew. All three thoroughly enjoyed the 3 hours and agreed that what they learned was more than worth the sore and bruised wrists!
Here is some feedback from our students:
Excellent and enjoyable course in terms of techniques and mental aspect. It's a privilege to learn from such a highly skilled Si-fu. Highly recommended. Andrew
After a such a great start to the year, we are hoping to keep the momentum going and grow the WingTsun Parramatta family further, helping many more people find the confidence and skills they need to live a life free from fear.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Si-Hing Juergen Baha featured in Blitz Magazine
Check the January issue of Blitz Mag where SH Juergen explains how to escape a headlock, assisted by Senior Student Grant Muir.
WT Knife Defence Seminar in Brisbane
Special 3 hour Knife Defence Seminar on Fri 19/3/10 with Master Fischer. Please contact Si-Hing Juergen for full details. You don't want to miss this one. So book early as places are very limited!
Upcoming Grading Seminar with Master Fischer in 2 weeks
The next Grading Seminar is scheduled for Saturday the 20th of March, held by Si-Fu (Master Stefan Fischer), and assisted by Si-Hing Juergen.
Location: Serbian Dance Hall - 249A Vulture St South Brisbane QLD 4101
Date: Sat 20th of March
Time: 10am – 5pm
Lunch: 1pm - 2pm
Grading Reminder
- Full protection equipment required appropriate to grade
- Full set of WT uniform must be worn - Ask your Si-Hing if you need to purchase anything
- Don’t forget to bring your WTA member ID and (always!) make sure it has the current yearly stamp on it
- For the 8th grading, Ground Fighting Clinic (GFC) I - IV must be completed
For queries and bookings please use the contact form on the website or call Si-Hing Juergen on 0403 749 790.
All WingTsun Australia members are welcome!
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Timing – Part 4: The hands of the clock turn differently in WingTsun
This month the serie of different articles on "Timing" as an extract from my next book ends.
For a master of timing, time seems to go more slowly and even stop to reveal a gap to him. Or does he actually move on a different time plane?
In normal life we can only be in the present – we never experience the past and future.
A normal person cannot imagine the hands of the clock turning to the left, with time running backwards. Does the "arrow of time" not always have to point towards the direction of developments? Scientists such as the English physicist Stephen Hawking or the German cosmologist Jürgen Ehlers of the Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational Technology in Potsdam see a relationship between the progress of time and the expansion of the universe. Lawrence S. Schuman of Clarkson University in New York takes the view that time would run backwards if the universe stopped expanding at some point, and began to collapse upon itself. Would the fragments of a cup that had just broken be joined together again in that case, as if nothing had happened?
In the same way our opponent finds that the target he has aimed at, and which he can almost feel his fist touching, moves away from him the further his fist advances: space itself appears to withdraw from him and expand. And at the same moment as the attacker just fails to strike e.g. our solar plexus, our counter-attack strikes home with the defending hand and the further development of the fight goes in his direction, i.e. the time arrow is turned around and flies towards him.
The present in WT is "during", while the past is "afterwards", a time disadvantage we do not want to incur, and the future is "before".
If I am practicing Chi-Sao with a partner, we are both in the "during" phase if I am able to withdraw the target from his attack without hampering the attacker in his action. I then immediately turn the time arrow around (like a U-turn) and direct it towards the opponent, letting him continue his movement in the original, but now opposite direction – the "afterwards" – while my counter-attack is already seeking its new target in the "before".
Grandmaster K.R. Kernspecht
WingTsun Seminars first half of 2010
Sat. 27th of Feb 10am-4pm |
Grading Seminar Melbourne |
0404688684 |
Sat. 20th of March 10am-4pm |
Grading Seminar Brisbane |
0403749790 |
Sat. 17th of April 10am - 4pm |
Grading Seminar Waterloo |
02 96986540 |
Sat. 15th of May 10am-4pm |
Grading Seminar Kaleen |
0415641498 |
Sa. 14th of August 10am-4pm |
Grading Seminar Waterloo |
02 96986540 |
WingTsun Ground Fighting Clinics GFC |
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Frid. 26th of Feb 7pm-9pm |
GFC Melbourne |
0404688684 |
Fri. 19th of March 7pm - 9pm |
GFC Brisbane |
0403749790 |
Fri. 16th of April 7pm - 9pm |
GFC Waterloo |
02 96986540 |
Fri. 14th of May 7pm - 9pm |
GFC Kaleen |
0415641498 |
Frid. 13th of Aug. 7pm-9pm |
GFC Waterloo |
02 96986540 |
