One of the beauties of wing Chun training is that it focuses on helping you improve so you become a better fighter. After all the moves are swift and quick and by default your reaction times and responses are enhanced.
Throughout your wing Chun training as you develop you will start to notice subtle differences. This is pretty much universal for wing Chun or any martial artists.
Improved reflexes.
If you have done any intermediate training and introduced to chi sao your moves will become instant and automatic. Your reflexes are more active; your movements become smoother, quicker and crisp.
This is one of the indications that you are becoming a great practitioner
Through your drilling (which may seem like constantly happening) you don’t even have to think about what you have to do …you just react to what is happening.
Before. Your head was full of ideas, of what if, this happens, how am I going to block this punch. What if they kick, what if they are quicker, better, stronger? etc..
If you have studies and drilled this art. You then hit a point where your mind becomes clear and you react. You see that punch coming…you move faster ….his slow down. Your mindset is matter of fact to what is happening there is not fear…just a blind calmness.
There will be time when you wake up from being in this ZONE of martial arts prowess. That when we make mistakes.
The challenge is having the concentration but calmness of mind to stay in that zone for as long as possible. Initially it will only be for a short term, perhaps seconds…but the more you relax and just let it flow…the more time you will spend in the flow and things will become a lot easier with a lot less effort.
You will see it will happen when you least expect it and when it does you will fall in love with wing Chun all over again.
