—Kung Fu Your Mind—
Mondays 6:30 — 8:30 pm
Chiswick Catholic Centre
2 Dukes Ave, Chiswick, London W4 2AE
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Mindfulness
Are you interested in mind-body disciplines such as yoga, tai chi, pilates, the Alexander technique, or meditation?
Wing Chun is another such discipline to help focus your mind.
Growing and strengthening the mind-body connection is the purpose of Wing Chun's first form, Siu Nim Tau (literally 'tiny idea') and is the foundation of this beautiful art form.
Relaxation
Do you have an approach for dealing with your stress? Did you know that relaxation is essential to accessing the potential power of your body?
Being able to consciously relax is essential in martial arts, your daily life, and self-defence.
Wing Chun will teach you how to relax reflexively in response to stressors rather than go into fight-or-flight mode.
Power
A vital quality for defending yourself against a large attacker is maximizing the striking power of your body.
Wing Chun will improve your posture and biomechanics and allow you to tap into the heaviness of your body so you can strike with your full potential.
Finally, Wing Chun will teach you how to make kinetic chains of your joints to maximize the acceleration of your strikes.
I’m Sifu Kai Taylor and I teach
Chu Shong Tin style Wing Chun
The defining quality of a 'natural' athlete is they associate power with relaxation and ease, whereas the rest of us associate power with muscular tension and effort.
The purpose of Wing Chun's first form, Siu Nim Tau, is to provide a system for turning 'unnaturals' into 'naturals'. Or, as my Grandmaster, Chu Shong Tin, more elegantly put it,
"The purpose of Siu Nim Tau is to train the mind to
accept the idea of not using force."
