Development of true power in kung fu is neither complicated nor is it difficult. Effective training of force is usually achieved with proper practice of the movements, but there are also alternative methods of amplifying your power. However, there is one most important concept that is essential to proper training; Muscle doesn’t matter. You must understand that there is a very, very large difference between power and strength.

The basic rules for eff ective training both promote and maintain a sound being. Therefore, hold in consideration at all times that if it hurts, don’t do it. Kung Fu NEVER needs to be painful. Remember that you are practicing systems and techniques that build into your body’s memory, you are not training to build muscle. Assuredly, your health, wellness of being, and physique will improve the more you train, but these are side eff ects of becoming fluent in Kung Fu.

Now let’s return to extending and enhancing power. Almost every person on earth has enough power to subdue an adversary, but they simply don’t know how to release it. To illustrate this best, consider a hallway with a series of doors. Every door is a joint and just as if you lock a door, locking a joint will allow nothing through. Always keeping your joints bent is not only an issue of safety and structure, it can also be an important aspect of channeling power. Leavingthe completion of your power to fall outward is of utmost importance. Here enters the concept of floppy not sloppy.

When throwing your energy outward from your center you must remember to maintain as much control over you body as possible. Let your strikes to fall through their furthest extent, but always retain the knowledge that they must return for another issuance. When allowing the body to fall through the completion of it’s force you must remember not to overextend yourself to the point of vulnerability. Your actions should always fall within the realm of your own control, however untamed they may seem in action. As the fluidity of your movement increases, so too will your natural force be amplified along with it.

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