Concepts are IDEAS, seed IDEAS, that provide a departure point for exploration.
As a ‘Concept Driven’ Martial Art, we can and do, use training methods that are as much about understanding thought processes as they are about fighting.
Especially if we are digging deep into the theory of our FIST LOGIC.
Some of the more nuanced aspects such as INTENTION, which due to the peculiarities of the English language is always tricky to explain, and understanding what it means to release a strike and not push it are areas where a different approach can pay dividends.
Using IMAGINATION is one such tool.
It is important to come at this training with an open mind, but it is equally important to understand that this is just a TRAINING TOOL, a method to help us make a breakthrough that we can then work on with more familiar approaches.
As baby humans, “Play Acting” is how we learn all of our earliest lessons, it is something we all know how to do, and if we can allow ourselves to access this very old skill it can help us see things we would never see by other methods.
But as I say, this is just a training method, I am not suggesting that should be something we do in a dire situation.
All this kind of stuff is working on the conceptual aspect of Wing Chun, and as such we should not make the mistake of thinking that a “CONCEPT” is in any way real or what we are after.
Concepts are IDEAS, seed IDEAS, that provide a departure point for exploration.
REALITY: WHAT A CONCEPT.
ROBIN WILLIAMS.
Wing Chun Sydney, Australia 