| The philosophies of martial arts can not only | | | | |
| help you defend yourself and keep you fit, | | | | Anyway, this is very much like your success |
| but it can also help you in your personal and | | | | to life. When you take the most direct path |
| financial success also! Here is a great | | | | to whatever you are trying to achieve, you |
| philosophy I've picked up in my many years as | | | | usually arrive at your destination more |
| a Wing Chun practitioner and it will help you | | | | quickly. The most direct path I am talking |
| achieve your goals as quickly as possible! | | | | about is to take physical action that will |
| About two years back, | | | | get you closer to your goals. |
| I trained a martial art called Wing Chun. It | | | | |
| is concept based instead of traditional | | | | You can do all the positive thinking, |
| martial arts, which are usually technique | | | | meditations, prayers, visualizations, and all |
| based. For hand to hand combat, it has only | | | | that stuff. And that is great to keep you |
| three basic forms. Each movement can be used | | | | motivated and everything, but it definitely |
| in actual combat, and Wing Chun stresses | | | | not a direct way of accomplishing your goals. |
| economy of motion and the most direct way of | | | | And if you make that the bulk of your daily |
| dismantling your opponent, the quickest way | | | | activities, sitting their and thinking about |
| possible. | | | | success instead of actually doing it, you are |
| | | | actually denying yourself of achieving your |
| Because one of the philosophies about Wing | | | | goals. |
| Chun is that when you fight, you fight to | | | | |
| win, no matter what it takes. Whether you use | | | | If you want to turn on your computer, what is |
| Wing Chun concepts or not, as long as you win | | | | the most direct way of doing it? Do you sit |
| or escape safely. Now just as a disclaimer, I | | | | there and meditate for God or the universal |
| am NOT a professional fighter or claim to be | | | | source or whatever to turn it on? Of course |
| the top authority in Wing Chun, but I think | | | | not, you stick out your index finger and |
| the philosophy is great in for our self | | | | apply some pressure to the ON button of your |
| improvement. | | | | computer and miraculously, your computer is |
| | | | turned on! You catch my drift?In Wing Chun we |
| In Wing Chun, if all it takes is 2 or 3 | | | | take the quickest, most direct and effective |
| punches to knock down your opponent and strip | | | | way possible to dismantle your opponent. And |
| his will to continue the fight; then that is | | | | you should do the same when striving to |
| all it takes, the 2 or 3 punches to end it. | | | | achieve your goals. Keep practicing the |
| If you know thousands of different forms | | | | meditations and visualizations, I think they |
| found in traditional kung fu and you get into | | | | are great. But if want to truly succeed, are |
| a fight, trust me, you will not need to | | | | you waiting for it to happen, or are your |
| perform a thousands actions and postures to | | | | making it happen right now, with real action? |
| beat your opponent. | | | | |