Now there is also an updated English translation of „The Healing Aspects of Wing Chun – An initial discussion of the Siu Nim Tau, the first form of Wing Chun“, a paper that was originally published in German. From this page of the Journal of Martial Arts Research (JOMAR) you can now download the German as well as the English version of this paper: https://ojs.uni-bayreuth.de/index.php/jomar/article/view/133
There exist many versions about the origin of the martial art Wing Chun. And it is not always easy to tell which story or what part of which story is correct. Yip Man’s (葉問師公) story of Wing Chun’s origin was an important one to me, because I was a student in his lineage. It puzzled me for a long time.
The movements you can already see in the first videos and the ones you will be seeing in the coming videos of this series about the internal aspects of the first three Wing Chun forms on my YouTube channel, are not the complete movements from the Siu Nim Tau (小念頭). I take movements from the different sections of the Siu Nim Tau and break them up into tiny bits. This way it is much easier to see how you can take a step by step approach to come to grips with the internal aspects of the Siu Nim Tau.
After you feel that you got a better grasp of the overall connectedness within one of those bits, you do the whole section of the Siu Nim Tau it belongs to. Then you observe whether you can import the feeling that you have just developed within a mini movement into a more complex set of movements. It is a back and forth between these bits and the whole section, or even the complete form. The Siu Nim Tau is way too complex to get something meaningful out of it by only repeating it as a whole over and over again.
I will soon start a video series on the internal aspects of the first three Wing Chun forms (Siu Nim Tau, Chum Kiu, Biu Jee – 詠春拳的小念頭、尋橋與標指). It will be published on YouTube. Here you find the link to an introductory conversation between Steve Cook, San Diego, and me about the background of my approach: https://youtu.be/u585HnACyTk
Ich starte bald mit einer englischsprachigen Videoserie auf YouTube über die inneren Aspekte der ersten drei Wing-Chun-Formen (Siu Nim Tau, Chum Kiu, Biu Jee – 詠春拳的小念頭、尋橋與標指). Hier ist der Link zu einem Gespräch zwischen Steve Cook, San Diego, und mir, das die Hintergründe meiner Herangehensweise ein wenig beleuchtet: https://youtu.be/u585HnACyTk (Gespräch auf Englisch)
「为道日损。损之又损。以至于无为。」(《老子》第48章)
在上篇文章中我提到《老子》里有关内功动作与「自然」的观念。然而跟、观察及顺应其自然的动作却是听而容易，做而难。实际上放弃有意识地控制动作、听任动作、或多或少的观察及信任存于体内的动作知识是件困难的事。
「為道日損。損之又損。以至於無為。」(《老子》第48章)
在上篇文章中我提到《老子》裡有關內功動作與「自然」的觀念。然而跟、觀察及順應其自然的動作卻是聽而容易，做而難。實際上放棄有意識地控制動作、聽任動作、或多或少的觀察及信任存於體內的動作知識是件困難的事。
曾经有学生问我，练阴阳功后感到颈部和背部稍有疼痛，怎么办？ 基本上，长期修练阴阳功有助渐次缓解颈肩与背部僵硬的现象，同时可活络整个脊椎部位。 这个过程不应该出现任何疼痛。 有痛感，就表示对施行阴阳功动作的感受度还不够敏锐。 那么，为了避免造成跟想要的成效背道而驰的结果，应该要注意些什么呢？
继续读曾經有學生問我，練陰陽功後感到頸部和背部稍有疼痛，怎麼辦？基本上，長期修練陰陽功有助漸次緩解頸肩與背部僵硬的現象，同時可活絡整個脊椎部位。這個過程不應該出現任何疼痛。有痛感，就表示對施行陰陽功動作的感受度還不夠敏銳。那麼，為了避免造成跟想要的成效背道而馳的結果，應該要注意些什麼呢？
繼續讀我是研究中国古代文化的德国人，名叫Ansgar Gerstner (安思格)。
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