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MARTIAL SKILLS & AWARENESS TRAINING
Key Benefits
- Develop a greater understanding/appreciation of interaction
- Increased physical and mental listening skills
- Bring new life and greater depth to your chosen art
- Increased adaptability and fluid transition
- Not art dependant. Core skills are universal to all Martial Arts
- underlying principles are effortless power (intrinsic strength) and
non-resistance
NLP for Martial Artists
Many martial artist still think that it is the essence of the martial
art that they learn or teach to teach it slowly because that is the way it
has always been done, they teach the physical techniques, maybe a bit of
pseudo-spiritual nonsense they picked up from a Bruce Lee movie and expect
you to develop the mental side of the art all by yourself.
No
More!!
Now you can learn the psychological techniques that will
compliment your martial arts training
Martial Ethics
Chinese
Wushu (Martial Arts) embodies a profound philosophy and a sense of human
life and social values (some people therefore call it "philosophic
Chuan"). It emphasizes traditions, experience and rational knowledge, all
of which are clearly reflected in the martial ethics of Wushu. That's why
it can display the oriental civilization via combat skills and become an
inexhaustible treasury of the human body culture.
As a form of
social ideology, morality differs in different historical periods. It is
the summation of the code of conduct of a given society for the adjustment
of the relationships between man and man and between man and the
society.
Generally speaking, it evaluates man's behavior and
adjusts each other's relations with such conceptions as the good and the
evil, justice and injustice, fairness and partiality, and honesty and
dishonesty.
Wushu is a system of skills and theories the Chinese
people have developed through their struggle with nature and in the course
of their social life, for combat and to promote health and improve one's
temperament.
Combat in the usual sense means violence, bloodshed
and death. For this very reason, few of the various combative techniques
and skills in the world are combined with morals.
On the contrary,
Wushu has been influenced ever since its birth by moral principles and has
developed a complete code of moral behavior.
Martial ethics, formed
in such a Chinese cultural environment, has become a distinct feature of
Wushu and is an essential part of the study and understanding of Chinese
martial arts.
The main points of the
martial ethics are
Respect for Human
Life
In ancient China, human beings were regarded as the most
valuable treasure of nature. Man is called one of the "four greats,"
together with the heaven, earth and truth, or law of natural activities.
Who respects human life loves life better and who knows human life better
knowns Wushu better. It was for protecting and maintaining human life that
Wushu took birth.
Emphasis on Moral Principles
Moral
principles provide the basis for maintaining a stable relationship between
man and man, and between man and society. Those who want to learn Wushu
shall respect these principles and never do anything harmful to these
Chinese cultural traditions.
Emphasis on Moral Conduct and
Manners
While learning martial skills, one should also cultivate
the fine qualities. A sense of justice, diligence, persistence, honesty
and hard work are also encouraged.
Respect for the Teacher and
Care for Each Other
In learning Wushu, one should try hard to
master everything that is taught. Both teacher and student should take
care of each other and treasure the friendship between
them.
Modesty and Eagerness
Those who learn martial arts
should keep improving their skills and refrain from being arrogant and
imperious, and flaunting their martial skills while belittling
others.
Everyone should learn from each other to improve and be united
and cooperative with each other.
Freedom from Personal
Grudges
In learning Wushu, one aims at self-defence, and improving
one's physical conditions. One should not contend with anyone on account
of a personal grudge or bully the weak. No martial skill should be
overused or be resorted to for deliberate provocation.
No bullying of
the innocent is allowed and it is encouraged to take up the cudgels to
uphold justice and truth.
Persistance and
Perseverance
The practice of martial arts is a hard task which
takes time and requires arduous efforts. Steadiness and persistance are
required. One should learn and try to fully understand the essentials and
inner meaning of each routine. The very cream and true essense of Wushu
can be learned only through thought and actual body movements.
Various
Wushu schools in Chinese history had their own detailed code for martial
ethics. The Shaolin school, for example, established the ten commandments
for its followers. The Wudang school also regulated "five notes" in
recruiting followers and teaching martial arts Martial arts are taught not
to people with bad qualities, not to evil-minded people, not to bellicose
people, not to drunkards, and not to those who flaunt their martial
arts.
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