Quotes from Sifu (Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another inspiring quote from Sifu:

"Finding a true master, or at least a competent teacher, is very important. Most students, however, ignore this important step. They think that all instructors are the same, which of course is not true. It is also not true that all chi kung is the same. Failure to appreciate these two facts cause many students not only unable to gain benefits from their practice but also waste a lot of time, often in matters of years." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another inspiring quote from Sifu:

"I would take this opportunity to mention a very important lesson. In one's progress to become a real master, he (or she) will inevitably come to a stage where he feels he is immensely powerful. In my case I felt I was as powerful as, or even more powerful than, gods! Luckily for me, I knew this lesson well, and remained humble despite my feeling of immense power.

This is often the making or breaking point of a person in his path to becoming a real master. If he passes the test, he will eventually become a master. If he becomes vain, he falls, sometimes miserably. A few of my students, who could otherwise become masters, failed at this point. This is one important reason I want to post your experience and give this lesson." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another wonderful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

"Situations are constantly changing. This is a universal law. When facing any situation, we must consider its pros and cons, which leads to using strategies. Reversely, in using any strategy we must consider the pros and cons of the situation.

There are opportunities in every situation. This is what we mean by saying that every problem is an opportunity for improvement. If we calculate the pros and cons, we can always work out advantages, which will lead to benefit. We must bear in mind the benefit when we plan a strategy. A strategy that does not bring benefit is futile." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another fantastic quote from Sifu that I personally love,

"The hallmark of Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) is flow, which is also the hallmark of the 36 strategies. Even when we are at a position of strength, we try to win the situation in a pleasant way instead of bulldozing over opponents." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find for today another beautiful and very inspiring quote from Sifu:

"Many students in our school regard "Smiling from the Heart" the best benefit they get from our teaching. Indeed, even if you had no other benefits learning from us but you become happier, you have spent your time well." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find another inspiring quote from Sifu below:

"To be injury-free in sparring is our norm. It was also the norm in the past. It should also be the norm now, but is actually not. A main reason why anybody practices any martial art is not to be hurt at all in sparring and in real fighting." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

"The real being is the spirit. It is the spirit having a body, not the body having a spirit. Hence, when the body is sick, it is a physical manifestation that the spirit is not well. Curing the sickness in the body is only overcoming the symptom, the root cause is in the spirit. The spirit needs to be cured.

This principle of first curing the spirit is much emphasized in traditional Chinese medicine. A fundamental principle in traditional Chinese medicine is that all healing starts from the heart. In Chinese, the heart means the spirit.

I always use this principle, and it has helped countless people overcome their so-called incurable diseases." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

"All our training, right from the beginning to the most advanced, is triple cultivation of body, energy and spirit. We cultivate to have a healthy body, to have a lot of energy for work and play, and to purify our spirit to appreciate beauty in this world as well as to have wisdom about eternal life. Our training is not just theoretical, but practical, we directly experience what we train for." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another beautiful quote from Sifu:

"We practice our arts for present needs rather than for future expectations. Those who are sick and in pain, become healthy and pain free. Those who are weak and lifeless, become strong and full of vitality. Those who are emotionally agitated become peaceful and happy. Those who are stressful and dull become relaxed and mentally fresh. Those who are already healthy find life a joy." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

"You already have the answer from your direct experience. Those who have the experience usually do not worry about the question. It is the same in daily life. Those who have a lot of money or have a happy family life usually do not ask how they have a lot of money or how they have a happy family life; they just enjoy their wealth or family life." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

"Safety first, victory second." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

"Remind yourself that you are practicing the best of Shaolin Kungfu, which includes Zen training. The hallmarks of Zen is being simple, direct and effective." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another wonderful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

"It is indeed a great blessing to practice genuine Shaolin arts. There is a saying as follows (in Cantonese pronunciation):

• Hok tak sil lum chen miao fatt
• Ho pei tim sek ping chen kam

It means:

• If you have the opportunity to learn genuine Shaolin arts
• It is better than the ability of changing stones to gold by touch

Many people may think the above saying is a hyperbole, but it is factually true. If such a choice were possible, many people may choose changing stones to gold by touch, but having experienced the benefits Shaolin Wahnam students would choose the Shaolin arts."

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another inspiring quote from Sifu:

"Suppose a healer just pats your wife on her back three times, and she is cured. It really doesn't matter what the healer knows or does not know. What matters is that your wife is cured." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

"You can also have proactive benefits, where you make some special but easy effort. This can be achieved by applying one, two or all the three aspects, namely mind, energy and form.

Just before doing anything, gently enter into a chi kung state of mind. You will find that you can produce better results no matter what you do. Initially you may need to make some effort to enter into a chi kung state of mind, but gradually you will find that it has become quite natural.

The second aspect is energetic. Gently sink your chi to your dan tian. Relax and let your chi do the work for you, irrespective of whether it is mental or physical. For example, when you work out a solution to a problem, let your chi flow. When you run up a flight of stairs, let your chi do the running.

Thirdly, let you physical movement be graceful and elegant in whatever you do, including intellectual tasks, just as when you perform your chi kung exercise. Do not tense any muscles and use your flowing internal force. For example, when you write a report, let your mind flow in your thoughts and your energy flow in your writing. When you get into your car, move gracefully and elegantly without muscular tension.

It is no wonder that life becomes not only more effective but also more joyful." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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