A free mini-guide about how to develop self-discipline Note – This article has been asked by one of our Core Course practitioners on Patreon (see how to attend our home study classes here Learn Kung Fu online: a beginner-to-expert course). The path to self-discipline Discipline is the key to freedom – Why without self-control we could […]
The greeting in Kung Fu The first thing to say is that in most of the martial arts the greeting is a form of respect demonstration: For a master (or his effigy) For a training partner (read 5 effective ways to find a training partner) For a friend For an opponent … It can be […]
Is Kung Fu a fake? A good question One of the most common questions that newbies ask on the web is the one about if Kung Fu (or any other martial art) is a “fake” or is “real” in terms of effectiveness. The answer is yes, it could be a fake, if trained in the […]
7 principles of 6 Dragons Kung Fu to boost martial growth In martial practice, we often lose sight of our goals due to: Difficulties Defeats Frustrations Malaise / illnesses … In these cases are the basic principles (those that distinguish the quality from the scarcity) that can guide us out of the shoals in which […]
What does it mean to be a 6 Dragons Kung Fu’s practitioner? What is necessary to be able to call ourselves 6DKF’s practitioners? Let’s see it. From the school point of view, the practitioner is the one who: Study the 6DKF’s theory and apply it in training (read A full and free online guide to 6 Dragons […]
What are focused on the 6 Dragons Kung Fu’s mind skills? As we said for the combat skills (read Combat skills: what we will learn), 6 Dragons Kung Fu is a style of life before then a martial art and this means that our study do not ends becoming simply physically stronger. The mind skills […]
Rules All students who want to participate in a live 6 Dragons Kung Fu’s course are required to comply with the rules described in this article. The context The Kung Fu and the family – In traditional Chinese culture, the group of people who train together is equivalent to a family; the father (Shi Fu, […]
Is it legit to ask if… On the web, one of the most frequently asked questions about the various martial arts is the one relative to their legitimacy. Masters and combat systems are often evaluated in terms of: Overall efficacy Effectiveness in self-defense contexts Effectiveness in a ring / cage Technical effectiveness Effectiveness against other […]
The 6 Dragons Kung Fu’s Method to solve problems Reconnecting to the previous article (read Accept problems to find solutions) we see now a simple, effective and “scientific” method to solve any kind of life problem: In the 6DKF’s Method, there are no magic tricks, only a rational mindset Sometimes what stop us from winning […]
The limits of martial arts and combat systems Even if saying that 90% of martial arts (in terms of self-defense) does not work may appear exaggerated, we must reflect on some important aspects: Exasperated violence – Most of the ancient combat systems (as well as the modern warfare ones) have been designed to kill the […]
What is the impact of natural talent in martial arts? When we talk about martial arts, natural talent is a widely used excuse to justify an absence of real discipline, concentration and preparation. In the vast majority of cases to have natural assets offers: A slight / null advantage – In a combat filed what can do […]
Within ourselves we always know what is the right thing to do. Each time we have a doubt, for the fact itself that we have it, we know that there is a good and a bad way to do a thing. Inside us the correct answer and the right thing to do are clear. Sometimes […]
How the rule of the three errors works There are several popular sayings (in China, in Arabia, etc.) that refer to the rule of 3 errors: “Everything that happens one time can, or not, happen twice but everything that happens twice will probably happen a third time.” “Once is a fluke. Twice is a coincidence. […]
In this article we are going to compare 5 attitudes of a good instructor with 5 of a bad one; the idea is to be able to recognize immediately poor teachers. Humble or arrogant? The good master: He has self-esteem He does not hide his limits He never claims to be an expert The bad […]
A funny video with the intent of remembering us to maintain an open mind, to do not look at martial arts in the wrong way (see it on Youtube).
Self defense: when the problem occurs, it’s too late to understand In most self-defense situations, 90% of martial arts (both traditional and modern), do not work as we expect and unfortunately, when someone attacks / threatens us it’s too late to understand that: The aggressions are always different – No one attacks as it happens in […]
Rationality and instinct can and must work together to help us achieve our goals in combat, in training and especially in our everyday lives. To fully understand what it means to subdue emotions to our purposes, however, we need to go more into practice by exposing active / passive examples of emotional development. We start […]
As we have seen, in 6DKF we stress at the same time the importance of abstraction (see the article “Concentration and abstraction in combat”), and the ability to “play” consciously with emotions (see the article “Fighting and mind control: the anchors”): On one hand, we have the reason, the tool that allows us to voluntarily […]
The name 6 Dragons Kung Fu has a precise symbolic meaning: to reassume the 6 foundamental keys of our style. These are the 6 immaginific dragons of our martial art: Agility, the snake devouring a scorpion and became a dragon Mind, the dragon-demon half man and half woman Strength, the dragon made of water that […]
Once a great teacher said: “never respond to a provocateur with another provocation, even if he deserve. Do not let his weakness becomes your weakness”. Answering specularly to a hostile behavior with an action of equal (or higher) valence is equivalent to give body and substance to the damage suffered; to react means accepting that […]
The 6 Dragons Kung Fu’s method The goal of our school is to create a bridge between: Martial arts and self-defense Mind development and body conditioning Different combat styles and training systems Weapons and bare hand fighting Hard and soft, internal and external … The reason for this moltidisciplinary approach is that where others see […]
Martial arts touch on extremely serious aspects of life of a human being (life, death, law, temperament, injuries, etc.), we can not under any circumstances give our trust to the wrong person. A good teacher must not only master what his style but also maintain the right mental disposition, with respect to: content, students and […]
How long does it take to achieve excellence in martial arts? Let’s start with a fact: the ancient Shaolin monks spent a large part of their days practicing Kung Fu (read Ancient Shaolin monks vs modern ones). Note – This article has been asked by one of our Core Course practitioners on Patreon (see how […]
The right development of the practitioner One of the major differences between 6 Dragons Kung Fu and most of the other martial arts can be identified in the psychological and physical development of the practitioners (especially in relation to solo-workout). Tools, training types and methods of execution are based on a single assumption: always reach the […]
Our training sessions do not only serve to increase our knowledges / capabilities (technical, physical, etc.) but also and above all to eliminate what we do wrong. Understand where are the errors (in our minds, in our style, in our body, etc.) is the first step to be able to fix them. Ourselves, our companions, […]
It’s not the years, belts, titles or certifications to make a warrior but the actual hours of true intense dedication. In 6DKF, hours of practice can be counted on workout clothes. Clothes crumpled, faded, ripped, patched and stained indelibly, this is a tangible sign to recognize the true practitioner, the one that has never given […]
How to check the quality of our training A good way to seriously analyze the quality of our preparation in 6 Dragons Kung Fu (martial practice, health care, nutrition, meditation, etc.) is to do not dwell solely on what we have done but also about what we missed. The attention to the details is useless […]
Practicing martial arts, our aim should not be to master a certain skill to perfection, this is impossible, the goal must be to always understand how to improve our current level of preparation. Sometimes degrees, belts, trophies and various prizes block our ability to grow and reduce our humility creating a gap between us and […]
What is (self) discipline? “Having discipline means doing what we think, without acting on the basis of how we feel”. Note – This article has been asked by one of our Core Course practitioners on Patreon (see how to attend our home study classes here Learn Kung Fu online: a beginner-to-expert course). In martial arts as […]
Kung Fu should not only strengthen our body To be a true martial artist (especially when we talk about Kung Fu) it is not only about gaining fighting skills (technique, power, speed, flexibility, precision, resistance, etc.), it also means to understand how to control our ego, our instincts, our thoughts (read Mind skills: what we […]
The real 6DKF practitioner is quiet only when, practicing, he realize he is making mistakes, it means that he knows which direction it has to take to improve. Never ignore doubts and errors. If the arrogance darkens our minds and we illude ourselves to be doing everything in the right way, our growth opportunities are […]
A few days ago the youngest student of the guan where we practice (8 years) asked a question in a low voice that revealed a great depth of thought. It is therefore worthwhile to share this thread. Uan Zheng: “Sifu, why people die? I do not want to die…” Sifu: “What did you say?” Uan […]
We saw 10 changes at the physical level, we see now, mentally, 12 examples of what changes in the life of a true 6DKF’s practitioner: The martial art permeate every element of our lives but it isn’t our life, it is a support but not an end There is nothing that is worth losing our […]
In 6 Dragons Kung Fu Qi has nothing supernatural. Before we begin we truly want to stress that: Our vision is far from religion / superstition / paranormal All of what we explain has been (at least) tested firsthand (obviously except for killing techniques) What is still in the theory / experimentation process is not […]
Life: choose a straight line One of the most interesting principles of surviving says that: When we are lost (for example) in a forest, if we are certain that no one will ever come looking for us, the best way to get out is to choose an intelligent direction (a straight line) and follow it to […]
1 million voices, 1 million opinions For every teacher / practitioner who we will meet, we will find different opinions on every single aspect of martial arts (starting from the general terms, up to the smallest technical detail): Who will say that their method is older and therefore more refined Who will say that their method […]
The fool seeks to control opponents, the true warrior seeks to control itself. Our real enemy is our irrational weakness in front of emotions and sensations.
The best fighter is the one that prevails.The best warrior is the one who does not need to fight. This is the difference between intimidating and receive respect: In what definition lives our martial spirit? Our intention is voted to submission to violence or in its control? We practice martial arts to find freedom within […]
“Who excels in the use of unorthodox methods is inexhaustible as Heaven and limitless as the Yangtze, the Yellow River” – Sun Tzu. The warrior who has the best chances to prevail is the one who develops, in addition to the ability to fight, the various disciplines of human knowledge to connect them to each […]
Generalization: a fertile field for prejudices Prejudices, more or less truthful, are always based on a single and terrible principle: the generalization. In any field, once we have identified the “correct” path (the mainstream direction, etc.) everything that is outside of it, that is different, can be easily grouped into a single negative whole. Once we […]
Beyond the time we can devote to training, the only real way to excel in 6 Dragons Kung Fu is to take him in our daily lives. In order to be a true practitioner we must take every opportunity to maintain, increase and implement what we have acquired (both in terms of practical aspects both […]
There is no natural talent for the 6 Dragons Kung Fu. There is only discipline, a sculpture that we free from the rock, day by day. In this martial art is not so much the technical aspect to establish and define the workout but it’s the opposite; it’s our own body, through specific training, that […]
Patience lengthens the pleasure and shortens the pain. Every moment lived without haste and in view of a positive goal is a moment of life that is worth living. No matter what we have or what we will have, what we lose or what we will lose, our life must always be ready to find […]
4 must-have key points to reach any kind of life goal To achieve any type of goal (as in 6 Dragons Kung Fu, as in any martial art, as in life) it is necessary: To have a step-by-step general plan to be adapted along the way (to avoid the biggest mistakes, to foresee the correct […]
The proof that we have been wounded When we receive verbal (or even physical) aggression, our reactions talk about how deeply affected us. A bad / violent aggression is proof: That what has been told and / or done had effect on us That we have reached our limit of resistence This way: Other people will […]
Never think to problems Never think to problems, let’s use our time only to look for solutions. Let’s start with some simple assertions that any intelligent person should accept: Problems are a life constant – The problems (of any kind) occur periodically and require time / effort for their solution Problems give meaning to life […]
Let’s start from the definition of violence in 6 Dragons Kung Fu: a detrimental action (physical or psychological) practiced by someone against someone who is not consenting or that it is not able to express, in full possession of his faculties, a valid consent. Note – This article has been asked by one of our […]
The meaning of an oath for a true Kung Fu practitioner When it comes to serious topics, a 6 Dragons Kung Fu practitioner should never give his / her word easily but when he / she does: he / she has to respect his / her promise at the cost of his / her own […]
Life is just one Life is a relentless pursuit, the result is its end. Nothing more, nothing less. If we want our life to be called a day worthy of being lived, if we do not want to look back with regrets and remorse: we must take the reins of our existence. Living according to […]
6 Dragons Kung Fu is not what is taught but what is learned. 6DKF martial art is a tool but it is the practitioner to sculpt his own path through preparation, discipline and concentration. Every failure teaches us something important.Every failure is an extra layer of steel on our blade. Open your eyes and find […]
What is the biggest obstacle to our improvement? Our biggest enemy is the weakness / fear that keeps us away from errors and therefore from the lessons behind them. One part of guilt is in each of us, the other is in those who have supported and fed this natural human instinct of homologation. At […]
What does it mean to possess something? The fool says, “These are my children, this is my land, this is my money.” Actually, the fool does not possess himself, even fewer children, land or money. – Buddha. To think of possessing objects or people is a crazy and selfish way of conceiving life and is […]
Why, without (self) discipline, there can be no freedom or happiness First of all, we have to point out one thing: the pure idea of “absolute freedom” (philosophically talking) does not exist and it is not applicable in the real world. Note – This article has been asked by one of our Core Course practitioners […]