Sunday, November 22, 2009

Drop the fear

In WingTsun we learn to strike fast, straight and fearless. We even allow ourselves to take weak blows from our enemy if that allows us to land a finishing strike. We also learn to take away strength from enemy blows by walking towards instead of away. But for all these reactions, you need to control your fear of being hit yourself.

Usually the best way to learn to control your fears is to understand whats behind it and to know  how it's going to feel or what is going to happen.
Unfortunately, WingTsun isn't very good at helping you control those fears of being hit as you rarely can have a sparring situation due to the danger of serious injuries.

For the last two weeks I've been doing some Boxing with a few of the same people I do WingTsun with. It's a good thing to do to learn how it feels when you receive a nice swing to your head or how it feels when you deliver one.
I have specially seen improvements in some of the female students I learn WingTsun with because of the Boxing.

I personally will continue doing some boxing, even if I don't do it regularly and I can recommend it, especially if you are a beginner at martial arts.
Even though it has completely contrary reactions and movements to WingTsun, its a good thing to do once in a while although you should watch out that you don't instill the reactions you learn from boxing but instead keep the WingTsun reactions.

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