SELECTION OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DECEMBER 2023 PART 3
Four Beauties
Question 1
I have a question I would like you to answer.
— Angel, Madrid, Spain
Answer
Thank you for the picture. Are you in Spain and which city are you from?
We need to practice every day. But you should practice below your potential. In your regular practice, if you practice the way you did at the regional courses, you will over-train.
Chi kung, Shaolin Kungfu or Tai Chi Chuan (or "Taijiquan" in Romanized Chinese) take years, but I have to complete regional courses within a fixed time, i.e. a few hours for chi kung, and a few days for Shaolin Kungfu or Tai Chi Chuan. It is very good for those who want to learn fast, especially fast learners.
How do we train in regular practice? I teach very fast. If we take what I teach at 100% of my potential, and half that by 50%, and half the 50% again, we have 25% of my potential. which is close enough to the level which you must practice in a regular basic. If you find 25% too much to your liking, you can practice less. Even if you practice at 5%, it is more than 10 times in your regular practice.
Remember that chi kung or Shaolin Kungfu or Tai Chi Chuan takes years. If you are 10 times more than what I did in my student's days, it is normal. During my student's days I did not know how to enter into a chi kung state of mind and how to generate a chi flow. Now a typical student of Shaolin Wahnam takes them for granted. He does that within the first hour of an Intensive Chi Kung Course.
You may find practicing below your potential too troublesome if you do not want to over-train. Over-training is painful, and many people in Shaolin Wahnam over-train. They do not practice in their regular practice below their potential, which is below 30% or less. Please remember that chi kung or Shaolin Kungfu or Tai Chi Chuan takes years.
Question 2
I would like you to enlighten me, Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit, if in fact what we are doing when we generate Inner Force, we are generating Jing (the essence).
Answer
Now let me answer your question. In our regular practice we can "let the energy become internal force", which contributes to our good health, vitality and longevity.When we generate internal force, which adds to our good health, vitality and longevity, we may generate "jing". We can choose to generate "jing" or contributes to our good health, vitality and longevity. We are normally not aware of the process. In other words, we may generate "jing" or adds to our good health, vitality and longevity.
We do not just adds to our good health, vitality and longevity, we also attain peak performance and spiritual joys irrespective of religion or the lack of one. We perform very high level chi kung or Shaolin Kungfu or Tai Chi Chuan. Of course, you can perform force training exercises, which will contribute to "jing" or add to your good health, vitality and longevity, and you are normally not aware of the process.
My one and only wife
Question 3
After Sifu kindly described the Black Tortoise Method with reference to Double Dragons Emerge from Sea, I was going over some details of our Shaolin Wahnam treasure for cultivating internal-force, One-Finger Shooting Zen.
— John, Ireland
Answer
The "Black Tortoise Method" is wonderful. If you perform any force training methods very slowly, it becomes "Black Tortoise Method". "Double Dragons Emerge from Sea" is a very good method, although many people just perform the outward forms.
"One-Finger Shooting Zen" is a treasure of Shaolin Wahnam. As we have a lot of arts, it must be very special to be a treasure.
It was how I developed internal force. Though I learned from Uncle Righteousness, who was known as a good fighter although he did not use his fighting very much, I did not have internal force.
Question 4
I remember Sifu cautioning us to dot, and that we must not pierce.
Answer
"One-Finger Shooting Zen" is to dot, not pierce. "One-Finger Shooting Zen" is to train "dim mark" (or the art of dotting vital points) and "chin-na" (or the art of gripping), two of the greatest arts in Shaolin Kungfu.
It is alright if you dot a person. Internal force is needed for "dim mark" and "chin-na".
Grandmaster Wong and her daughter
Question 5
Sifu, should the finger-tip dot a point facing us or should we shoot out the finger and dot a point under the pad of the finger? Are there adverse consequences for dotting in the wrong way.
Answer
If we use "dim mark", we mean to dot an opponent anywhere. It is not necessary face-to-face.
There are no adverse consequences if we mean to dot but not to pierce an opponent.
Question 6
Should the top of the stick match the top of my head or be at eyebrow height or shoulder-height for example?
Answer
In the "Art of Dodging" you can hang the string of three sticks at any convenient place.
The sticks should be about half a foot apart. The top stick is about the height of your head.
My grandchildren when they were small
Question 7
In One-Finger Gold, should the index fingers be hooked or straight? Should the arms be parallel to the ground?
Answer
In "One-Finger Gold" the index fingers should be straight. The arms should be parallel to the ground.
Question 8
I'm sure you are enjoying your time with your family, and that all are happy and healthy.
— Ryan, Thailand
Answer
My wife and I, my children and grand-children are doing very well. We haven't been sick at all.
Editorial Note: Ryan's questions will be continued in January 2024 Part 1.
LINKS
Selected Reading
- The Woonderful Benefits of Chi Kung
- Using Lifting the Sky to Generate an Energy Flow
- A Comparision of Tajijiquan (Tai Chi Chaun) and Shaolin Kungfu
- Various Steps in Moving to Attack an Oppenent
- The Meaning of Classical Five Animals in Shaolin Kung Fu by Sifu Leonard Lackinger