Stances: The Foundation for Internal Force - Part 1

All great masters in the past emphasized the importance of stance training. There are stories describing kungfu practitioners in the past practicing stances for many months, or even years, before they were taught any kungfu techniques.

Why is stance training so very important? It is because it forms the foundation of kungfu. Although many people have heard of this statement, not many actually know what this means. Stance training develops internal force, and the use of stances enhance combat efficiency. Ironically, many students and some masters today discard stances for bouncing about.

Grandmaster Wong generously reveals some secrets of stance training. The biggest mistake many people make is to treat stance training as an endurance test. Stance training should be performed as a relaxation exercise.

Stance training is not a physical exercise where you toughen your muscles. It is a training of energy and mind. Hence, to be relaxed is essential. The form and nature of the stances are such that cosmic energy is focused and accumulated at the dan tian thereby developing internal force, and the mind is calm and clear thereby attaining mental freshness. Why stances enhance combat efficiency will be obvious in later video series on combat application.

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[yizhichanlohan]

they deserve shaolin and they lay claim to a purer shaolin than the temple features. come to mint hill ask my master he was alive during and before the cultural revolution. he was so happy the monks were coming to nc. when he saw them he was so dissapointed because they didnt know quan fa they didnt know fighting they just know kickboxing no kungfu external force but no chi. its nto their fault but bottom line they dont train to fight using kungfu forms and patterns. its not real

[yizhichanlohan]

@idakinlikes it being harder does not make it kungfu. kungfu means hard work over time but thats not the definition were refering to were refering to chinese martial arts. the shaolin monks dont use there kungfu for fighting the use san da or san shou ive trained with several shaolin monks and they train very hard and are very athletic but so do football players its just not kungfu. training with wong kiew kit would be very much more rewarding since his kungfu predates the hoong family name.

[yizhichanlohan]

@oscie1 the warrior monks of today may beat a shaolin monk but i think you simply need to visit the shaolin temple in northern china to see that what they teach is very watered down. if you dont believe that its ok im not bothered by you having a difference of opinion. but ill check the other people you mentioned. sparring is great congratulations to that monk. looking strong in the western sense goes against chikung you may consider reinvestigating shaolin wahnam.