The problems of meditation First of all, let’s start with the biggest problems that, as practitioners, we have to overcome in relation to meditation: The prejudice that, if a martial arts school teaches meditation to its students, it is not focused on fighting, it is focused on spiritual / mystical things – Wrong, a lot […]
A gradual path to learn to meditate Meditation method 1 – The first and most simple approach to meditation (for beginners) Meditation method 2 – A little bit more advanced approach to access to a state of deep concentration Meditation method 3 – A deep relaxation method that works on each muscle in our body […]
The causes of physical and mental tension Sometimes our body and mind can be subjected to a load of increasing tension of which we realize only when it is so serious as to alter the quality of our life. Here are some examples: Backache Cervical pains Mental tension Absence of forces Constant nervousness Panic attacks […]
6 Dragons Kung Fu’s 5th Meditation Method can be considered as a part of the 4th Method (read Meditation method 4). While the previous one is a complete meditative oriented activity, this extrapolation can be considered its “portable version; it serves to bring its type of breathing in many other moments of our martial life: […]
What is diaphragmatic breathing? Also called “ventral” or (erroneously) abdominal, it is used in many fields: Sport Martial arts (read ) Lyric music Meditation … As the name suggests, the diaphragmatic one is a type of breathing that involves an active control on the contraction and relaxation movement of the diaphragm (making it stronger and […]
The origin and consistency of the body control methods of 6 Dragons Kung Fu In 6 Dragons Kung Fu, we teach various body control methods and they are inspired by: Yoga Ancient Shaolin methods Qi Gong (read ) TCM (traditional chinese medicine) Modern medicine Direct experience … In our school, we do not teach anything […]
The first thing to learn in order to exploit our emotions in our favor is to understand the basic setting of the “switch technique”: Emotion activated Emotion disabled We have to handle our mental flow. To effectively use the force of moods (and not to be their victim) it is necessary to follow a precise […]
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 […]
How to recover Qi The fourth type of meditation we study (partially from Qi Gong) is much more advanced than the previous one (read Meditation method 3) and it has been specifically created to regain and regenerate our Qi (read The use of Qi in the 6DKF’s meaning). The forth meditation method Preparation: Important, we […]
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 […]