Earn Your Ph. D in Martial Arts

The Goal

If your goal is to get a great career, then there are 2 paths you can take.  Some people will have you go to college so you can do those high paying jobs, like a Doctor, or an Engineer.  Some people have decent skills and just know the right people.  There was a System Admin who never got his Degree, yet he is one of the most sought after people.  His age? Mid-twenties.  Most people need to work a long time before they become that special.  Regardless of our path, the goal is still about the career you want and desire.  

Martial arts follow a similar chronological path:

Learning To Spar

I opened my eyes this morning recalling the events of last evening. I flexed my quads to tighten my knees. I rotated my ankles. They did not hurt as bad as the night before. Sparring....the act of you and your kung fu brothers hitting each other. It can be rough, but you learn quite a lot.

In the mirror I saw a long rectilinear marking on the side of my ribs. My knees, pink and my shins purple.

Bruce Lee takes after his Sifu, Yip man

By Derrick Ho

In order to use the Wing Chun, you would have to learn the whole system to understand it. (Siu lim tao, chum kiu, biu jee, mok yang jong, luk dim book gwun, and butterfly knives). If you understand everything, then you become a very skilled person. But you would NEED everything. This would not be a problem in a traditional world cause the student would merely stay with the Sifu and live with him and basically be a family with him. In that way, as long as the master doesn't die (before he has finished teaching) the wing chun skill would not be lost in translation and it would have an almost perfect transition to the next generation.

But