Did you aver ask your self why you train in Kung Fu? I mean really be honest with yourself? Is it because you want a healthy body? Is it because you want to learn how to fight? Is it because you love the Martial arts?

Well …. IMHO….those of us who have stayed in Kung Fu for any length of time have come to the realization that learning to fight is a byproduct, and a low level byproduct at that. Having a health body, although it is important, is a byproduct as well. And of course, if you stay in the Martial Arts for any length of time you grow to love it. But what do we really get from studying something that might have been created over 100 years ago? Why not just learn to fight with a modern style of man to man combat?

Well …. I can only speak for myself when I say that my main motivation is be a gate keeper or a care taker of the art, to preserve the art in it’s original form so it can be passed on to the next generation. As I practice from day to day, I try to put myself into the mind of the founder trying to understand what it was that drove him to creation. What was he thinking? Why this principle or this technique? What it was that was so deep down in his soul that it would not be contained? Can I build on this or add any value for the next generation? Absolutely in fact it is my responcibility! And maybe I might not ever be able to answer all the art’s unfathomable questions or discover all it’s deepest secrets- but maybe, just maybe, if I train long enough, I might.