In this podcast I'll continue my conversation with a Grandmaster, Sifu Klaus Brand and discuss our 12 WingChun mottoes.  These are;

1. If you think you are too weak, you are.

2. Learn to believe in yourself and trust your teacher.

3. Always improve your technical knowledge and therefore your physical and mental flexibility.

4. Work on the power of your technique because only technical power is usable power and is decisive in combat.

5. Work on your speed without sacrificing power. Technique, power and speed are the cornerstones of WingChun.

6. Work on toughening your arms with steady and dynamic training.

7. Never let yourself be influenced by the movements of your opponent and never yield.

8. The exchange between defence and attack, as well as an understanding of the two combat distances of WingChun, is the basis of Self-Defence and all of our training programmes.

9. To fight you must have continual tension. Relaxed muscles are useless in combat.

10. Combat is not harmony. Do not fight if you do not have to. If you have to defend yourself, harmony returns only after the quick and successful end of combat.

11. The purpose of Self-Defence is to protect yourself, so do not spare your attacker whilst defending yourself.

12. Learn to defend yourself, to protect yourself from attacks that could endanger your health.


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Greg Willis