Character Building

An important training in Kung Fu is to control the emotions, so one can be rational when it is needed most. One emotion that Kung Fu teaches is to control fear with self-confidence. To be free from fear of mistakes, the unknown, death, and any other fears one has. Fear can create more problems than it solves because it brings tension, nervousness, and hesitation. These emotions inhibit a person’s reaction time, precision, and rational judgment. A person must be self-confident that he or she will succeed in any goal he or she has set forth.  All of this is taught as part of a person’s Wu Gong training.

Since Kung Fu (as well as all other martial arts) is so powerful, learning how to be peaceful is essentially the most important lesson any martial artist must learn. In Kung Fu training, students learn morality, humility, virtue, and confidence. After training in martial arts, he or she can literally become a living lethal weapon. Therefore the true martial arts masters are the most peaceful people anyone can meet. True Masters have such power, one hit or kick will kill, and no one should be happy about victory in battle. The battle is a sad affair. Therefore the first lesson any Kung Fu student must learn is simple: never use what you are learning, avoid fighting at all costs. Only when absolutely, without any doubt a person is in danger, may you use it.

For more information about character building, click here to read about What Wu Gong Teaches.