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  • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

    Please find below another quote that I love from Sifu:

    "You should be totally relaxed. The more tension you have, the less benefits you will get." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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    • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Familly,

      Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

      "Tai Chi Chuan has a very rich body of theory, which touches on various aspects of the art and is frequently recorded in poetic language. This embodiment of theoretical knowledge not only summarises effective techniques of fighting and force training, many of its principles can be applied to daily living. One good example is the following four-fold principle in force training: differentiate the real and the apparent, regulate breathing, use mind rather than brute strength, be calm and relaxed in your action.

      Even a brief explanation of this principle can reveal the depth of Tai Chi Chuan theory. In most other martial arts, force training is simplistic and mechanical. If a practitioner of these arts wishes to increase his or her punching power or stamina, for example, it usually requires nothing much more than punching sandbags and skipping over a rope. In Tai Chi Chuan force training, however, punching sandbags, skipping and running are discouraged because not only are these methods crude, they actually diminish the fighting ability of the Tai Chi Chuan exponent. These crude methods give an apparent, not a real, improvement in punching power and stamina.

      Punching sandbags hardens the fist, which is quite different from increasing power. A hardened fist covered with calluses may lessen the pain you feel when you smash your fist against a brick, but it does not necessarily increase your power. Any increase in power is not the result of your fist’s repeated contact with the sandbags, but of the action of your repeated punching. Hence, if you just punch into the air repeatedly, instead of into a sandbag (which actually discourages you from punching hard, as it causes you pain), the increase in your punching power will be greater and faster." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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      • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

        Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

        "It is simple to be respectful to one's teacher. Just be respectful to the teacher. It is our first Shaolin Law. It comes from the heart, not from the mind.

        But it is not easy, though it is simple. Many people are disrespectful to their teachers, their parents and the elders.

        Some people even call their parents and teachers by names! A person's father should be called "Papa" or "Dad", and his kungfu or chi kung teacher "Sifu". He may one day be wiser than his father, or more skillful than his teacher, which indeed is the aim of a good parent or a good teacher, but that does not mean he can be disrespectful." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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        • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

          Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

          "While cleanliness is a virtue, you should not be obsessed with it. You know this fact but despite your knowing, you are still obsessed with cleanliness. Actually your real problem lies not with cleanliness, but with a lack of confidence. Being obsessed with cleanliness is an attempt to cover for your lack of confidence. If not for this obsession, you would be obsessed with something else, such as repeatedly checking your windows to see if they are locked, or repeatedly looking at your watch to see the time.

          Here is a helpful strategy you can use to overcome both your problem (lack of confidence) as well as its symptom (obsession with cleanliness). Whenever you wish to wash your hands or any of your dirty possessions, first stand or sit upright and take three deep but gentle breaths.

          As you breathe in, think of good cosmic energy filling up your whole being. If you are religious, think of the strength of God, or the Buddha, or a Bodhisattva, or a Deity of your religion, flowing into you and making you strong. Then wash your hands or your possessions thoroughly but fast.

          As you dry your hands or possessions, take another three deep but gentle breaths drinking in cosmic energy or the strength of the Supreme Being, and at the same time tell yourself that you have successfully accomplished your task (in this case, washing your hands or possessions clean).

          Every morning and evening or night, do the following simple but effective chi kung exercise. Stand upright and be relaxed. Take three deep but gentle breaths, drinking in cosmic energy or the strength of the Supreme Being. Then rub your palms together to warm them. Place your warm palms behind your back over your kidneys. Repeat the palm rubbing and kidneys warming about ten times. Your mouth should be gently open as your rub your palms and warm your kidneys.

          You should not worry unnecessarily whether you are doing the exercise exactly right. So long as you follow the instructions respectfully, but not with any trepidation, you will derive benefits. In Chinese medical philosophy, a strong kidney system will give you confidence, and this exercise strengthens your kidneys." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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          • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

            Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

            "When one realizes that being relaxed and focussed (at the same time) is only the starting point of any Shaolin training, he will understand how advanced the genuine Shaolin arts are concerning mind. Yet, to be able to relax or to be focussed for even a short period of time is difficult for many people in the West.

            You are right. Many people in the West, including Eastern people educated in Western culture, are stressful. To make matter worse, they have become stressful so frequently that it has become a habit. To many people in the West, to be stress-free is a luxury, forgetting that it is actually a natural state. In other words, if you do nothing, you will naturally be stress-free. One becomes stressful only when he tenses himself — physically, emotionally or mentally.

            Being stressful and lacking spiritual training are the two most important, and related, causes of psychological disorders in the West today. I would like to clarify that spiritual training is training of the spirit, which is also called the mind, consciousness or psyche. It is non-religious, although it makes a religious person more devoted to his own religion because it confirms from direct experience the teachings of his religion." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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            • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

              Please find below another wonderful quote from Sifu:

              "In our Shaolin Wahnam School, right from the beginning every moment or form in our kungfu or qigong training is a training of mind and energy. For example, when you practice the Horse-Riding Stance, one of the first things you will do for some time when you learn from any of our Shaolin Wahnam kungfu instructors, you focus your mind and energy at your dan tian. When you perform “Lifting the Sky”, usually the first qigong pattern you will learn from any of our Shaolin Wahnam qigong instructors, you go into a higher level of consciousness and work on your energy flow.

              From the Chinese medical perspective, which is very different from the Western medical perspective, psychological disorders like anxiety, fear and aggression, are disorders of the mind or psyche. The immediate causes and resulting symptoms may be many and varied, but fundamentally they are due to the mind being weak and the energy flow being blocked. If you strengthen your mind and enhance your energy flow by practicing genuine Shaolin arts, psychological disorders irrespective of the labels Western psychiatrists may give to the different symptoms, will go away." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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              • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

                Please find below another wonderful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

                "For ordinary people, a kick is more powerful, and therefore more deadly, than a punch, a punch more powerful than a palm strike, and a palm strike more powerful than a finger strike. This is because ordinary people use mechanical, muscular strength produced by mass and momentum. The massive muscles of a kicking leg create more strength than a punch, but the tensed muscles of a punch create more strength than the relatively relaxed muscles of a palm, which in turn creates more strength than the relatively weak muscles of a finger.

                But for a master with internal force, the amount of force created is reversed. For him, a finger strike is more powerful than a palm strike, which is more powerful than a punch, which in turn is more powerful than a kick. This is because internal force does not depend on mass and momentum to produce power as in the case of mechanical strength, but on the amount and smoothness of energy flow as well as the focus of the strike.

                A leg tensing its muscles for a kick blocks more energy flow than a clench fist does, and therefore is less powerful when internal force is used. Similarly, a clenched fist blocks more energy flow than a palm strike does, hence it is less powerful. On the other hand, channeling energy flow and focussing it on a spot is easier with a finger than with a palm, a punch or a kick, hence it is the most powerful." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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                • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

                  Please find below another quote from Sifu favorite of mine:

                  "Some people may feel uneasy prostrating to a Buddha, a Bodhisattva or their teachers, thinking it is degrading. I had similar feelings before, but when I became more developed I realized that my earlier arrogance and egoism were due to my spiritual immaturity. Even emperors, generals and great monks prostrated to Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and their teachers, not out of compulsion but of gratitude and reverence.

                  It is illuminating to know that the purpose of prostration to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is totally for the benefit of the devotees. It makes not the slightest difference to these enlightened beings whether any person prostrates to them, but it makes a great difference to the aspirant.

                  If he still harbours a sense of ego and vanity, he is unlikely to progress much at the highest levels of spiritual training. Prostration is one of the most effective ways to help him overcome his vanity and ego." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

                  The Complete Book of Shaolin (Page 322)


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                  • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

                    Please find below another inspiring quote from Sifu:

                    "To strike an opponent effectively, an exponent needs to make only one movement. To kick effectively, the exponent needs to make two movements. He needs to adjust his body first, then he kicks. To execute a felling technique, he needs three movements. He has to gain a leverage advantage, cover his opponent, then executes the felling technique. If he does not cover his opponent, he will be dangerously exposed while felling an opponent.

                    To execute a chin-na technique, an exponent has to make four movements. He has to move into an opponent close enough to hold him, cover him to prevent him from attacking, hold him and grip him. A chin-na exponent has to complete these four movements successfully before his opponent can neutralise the attack. If the opponent succeeds in making one movement in the process of the exponent making four movements, the chin-na attack will be futile. Hence, a chin-na technique is the most advanced. The exponent is so skillful that he can complete four movements before his opponent can make one.

                    In a felling attack, if the opponent succeeds in making one movement in the process of the exponent making three movements, the felling attack will be futile. It is the second most advanced.

                    A kick is less sophisticated. For a kick to be successful, an exponent has to make two movements before his opponent makes one. A strike is the easiest. He needs only one movement, and if his opponent fails to respond, the strike will be successful." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

                    The Way of the Master (page 135-136)


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                    • Dear Shaolin Family,

                      Please find below another inspiring quote from Sifu:

                      "Set your aim and work towards it joyfully." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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                      • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

                        Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

                        "If there is a bridge follow the bridge, if the is no bridge flow with the water", or “yau kiew kiew seong kor, mo kiew soon shui lau” in Chinese (Cantonese), is a popular principle in Southern Shaolin or Hoong Ka Kungfu.

                        “Bridge” means “bridge-hand”, or “kiew sau” in Chinese. It refers to the forearm because the forearm is the body part that is usually in contact, or form a bridge, with an opponent.

                        The principle means that when an opponent attacks you, like using a thrust punch in Black Tiger Steals Heart, you ward off the attack, like with a tiger-claw in Single Tiger Emerges from Cave, press down his forearm, and going along the forearm you strike him, like using the same tiger-claw palm in Black Tiger Charges at Prey.

                        Some force is needed to press down an opponent’s forearm. In Hoong Ka Kungfu, Asking Bridge is employed to train this type of force.

                        At first, I thought that the second part of the principle, “If there is no bridge, flow with the water”, is meant for sound effect to round up the first part. But later I discovered that there was also meaning in it.

                        If after warding off the thrust punch of your opponent, he pulls back his arm, which means there is no longer any bridge for you to keep contact, you flow with the water, i.e. you follow his retreating movement to strike him.

                        This principle is also used for weapons, especially the staff. When an opponent attacks you with his staff, you flick his staff away, and using your staff to cover his, i.e. follow the bridge, you dot a vital point on his forehead using the pattern, Phoenix Dots Head.

                        If he withdraws his staff after it being flicked away by yours, you shoot out your staff at him using Green Dragon Shoots Pearl. This is in accordance with “flowing with the water”. - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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                        • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

                          Please find below another inspiring quote from Sifu:

                          "In the expression "shen xin shuang xiu" "xin" means "heart". But in Chinese, especially classical Chinese, "heart" refers not only to the organ heart, but also to the spirit or mind, and sometimes to the emotions. Hence, cultivation of the heart means emotional, mental and spiritual cultivation. The Chinese has a two-dimensional classification, the cultivation of the body and the spirit. In Western concept, this will be described as physical, emotional, mental and spiritual cultivation.

                          It is understandable that many people think that a four-dimensional classification into physical, emotional, mental and spiritual is more advantageous than a two-dimensional classification into body and heart. But in my experience, especially in healing, I have found that the two-dimensional classification is often more useful.

                          For example, a patient has lost his appetite and is frequently afraid. Medical tests show that there is nothing wrong with his physical body. But he complains that he thinks an evil spirit is disturbing him. To solve his problem, a healer using the four-dimensional classification has to define whether his disorder is emotionally, mentally or spiritually caused. It is simpler for a healer using the two-dimensional classification. It is a "heart" problem." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

                          The Way of The Master (page 221)


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                          • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

                            Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

                            “An unforgettable lesson my sifu told me was as follows.

                            Whatever you do, you must have a clear consciousness. When a person does evil, he may cheat heaven. He may cheat earth. But he can never cheat his own consciousness. Whatever you do, let heaven be proud of your deed. Let earth be proud of your deed. And let your own consciousness be proud of your deed.” - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

                            The Way of The Master (page 237)


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                            • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

                              Please find below another inspiring quote that I love from Sifu:

                              "Executing a sequence of patterns in one breath was very important in combat application. Sequence sparring, which was a crucial factor in winning combat, was possible only when one could execute a sequence of patterns in one breath. If he fought pattern by pattern, his opponent would have time to recover himself.

                              This invaluable lesson helped me much in daily life. Instead of performing different parts of an activity separately, often resting in between the various parts, I performed all the necessary parts of the activity in one go. Not only I saved time, I also accomplished the activity more successfully.

                              For example, when I gave a public talk to start a chi kung class, I performed all the necessary stages as a sequence and accomplished the task with the formation of a chi kung class. I booked a hall for the talk, bought advertisement in some newspapers, wrote newspaper articles, printed and distributed pamphlets, gave the talk, organized the class, and started teaching it.

                              It did not mean that there was no time lapse in between the different stages. It was necessary, for example, to have a few days between the appearing of my articles in newspapers and the talk, but all the stages were viewed as a sequence and not as individual parts. I did not sent my articles to newspapers to be published as general knowledge, but as part of the sequence leading to my talk. All the stages were viewed and acted upon as a whole, and not as isolated parts." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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                              • Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,

                                Please find below another beautiful and inspiring quote from Sifu:

                                "Kungfu may be classified into three categories. Mediocre kungfu enables practitioners to be combat efficient. Good kungfu enables practitioners to be combat efficient, and have good health, vitality and longevity. Great kungfu enables practitioners to be combat efficient, have good health, vitality and longevity, and spiritual cultivation." - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit

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