Failure is the key to
success;
Each mistake teaches us something.
(Ueshiba)
Too easy
Modern life is filled with labour saving luxuries designed to
make life easy.
Unfortunately, the comforts of modern living exist at the expense of our health
and wellbeing.
How many adults can squat right down to the floor?
You should be able to do this easily - it is how humans are supposed to relieve
themselves.
If you cannot squat, consider how weak you have become.
Luxury comes with a price.
Difficulty
When life is too easy, we become
lazy.
Difficulty causes you to be more creative because the demands of the situation
require a more flexible, adaptive mind and body.
That is why a lot of the
neigong and
partner exercises are really quite demanding.
You learn more when obstacles impede your progress.
Kung fu
It is important to consider how you can make your life more
difficult.
If this sounds rather perverse, pause and consider just how conditioned to
idleness you have become.
Examine your life for opportunities to avoid laziness...
Walk, rather than ride or drive.
Use the stairs, not the escalator or lift.
Do your own cleaning, washing up and laundry.
Stop using the remote control.
If you are right-handed, prioritise your left hand.
Kung fu
means 'hard work' and does
not necessarily refer to the martial arts.
Adversity
Our syllabus will challenge you constantly to drop your
opinions, habits and patterns of body usage.
If you approach adversity with a smile on your face, then this
will seem easy.
A resilient person is like water, they flow with whatever comes.
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