You might have heard the phrase “live in the present” before. The phrase is generally presented as a piece of wisdom but no further explanation is made. No one even seems to know who said it first or what philosopher came up with this thought.
In my earliest days as a WingTsun student, Grandmaster Leung Ting always said “Think about what you are learning now. Don’t worry about the future movements.” Many young people,
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In reality, the techniques you are learning today ARE the future techniques of the techniques you learned yesterday,
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The advice on focusing on today’s technique makes sense in that thinking about a future technique keeps you from focusing on the technique that you are learning right now.
Carried further,
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http://www.tatsuoinagaki.com/E/blog/....html#comments, the present is all we have and we should cherish it. The future is not here yet and the past is gone and is not here anymore. If you live in the present,
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The rule in the WingTsun circle is for a student not to ask about a technique he or she has not yet learned. It is considered very bad form in a Chinese martial art school. Occasionally a student at a Grandmaster Leung Ting seminar will do this - somebody that is relatively new to WingTsun. Grandmaster Leung Ting will remark that he or she is the “future movement learner.” This student is just making it more difficult to learn the material.
The truth of the matter is that if you experience the present and live it to the fullest,
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About The Author
Keith Sonnenberg is a Sifu of Leung Ting WingTsun kung-fu. He has been a teacher of WingTsun and student of Grandmaster Leung Ting's WingTsun kung-fu for 30 years. Information about his teaching can be found at:
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