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The primary goal for a beginner

The first goal we have to think of is to learn to train every day.

If we are beginners, it is totally wrong to start focusing our efforts on reaching advanced martial skills: it is simply impossible (and counterproductive).

If (as many do) we let ourselves be enchanted by the final results instead of pursuing the path: we will inevitably fail because they will not be at our disposal in a short time, in other words:

We try
We understand the difficulty
We see that we cannot reach what we want
We leave training

Wrong.

Let’s repeat it: the best thing to do is to focus on the idea of daily workout, this is the first skill to acquire: daily training capability (read How to start practicing from scratch and Practical examples of daily training time subdivision).

Let’s ask ourselves if we really want to practice Kung Fu

If we don’t like the idea of training every day, we do not have to start to learn Kung Fu. Excluding the 2-4 hours per week amateur courses, any serious martial path is made of daily dedication:

Preparation
Discipline
Concentration

Without this, we will never get anything.

What happens if we train every day?

Once we learn to train every day without interruptions (with 1 day of recovery each week), we will start to automatically build martial skills, real martial skills.

We are not talking about (useless) fancy tricks, we are talking about real capabilities to be applied:

In self-defense scenarios
In combat sports
…

When does it make sense to focus on specific goals?

At an intermediate level.

At that moment, after having developed good self-discipline (related to daily practice), we will be able to start to think about precise martial goals.

What are the real skills?

Let’s see some examples:

Conditioning for muscle memory (read The muscle memory)
Speed of execution (read Speed and quickness)
Spatial intelligence (read The most important skill in combat)
Dynamic quilibrium (read The concept of Dynamic Equilibrium)
Endurance (read also /// Subscribe (it's free!) or Login to see this content ///)
…

All the rest are only jokes, games or tricks (more near to juggling that will not be helpful in a real combat scenario):

Breaking rocks
Breaking wood
…

A note by Master Kongling – Let’s be clear, we appreciate juggling (even the one related to martial arts) and sometimes, we also do these kinds of things but we certainly never lose 1 minute focusing our attention on how to broke a brick or anything similar (often, when the preparation is good, part of this sort of thing becomes feasible even without specific practice but this happens collaterally, it is not the result of a direct study).

How long does it take to acquire real martial skills?

We have to be patient.

If we think that real martial skills can be acquired in a few days, in a few weeks, in a few months: we are totally out of the concept.

We have to understand that:

Real martial skills are build in years (and their effectiveness increases and increases and increases with the time)
We cannot build them in a few days (and if we can, those are not martial skills, those are probably useless tricks)

If we are learning something that anyone can do in a few hours or in a few days:

We are wasting our time
That capability is probably useless
It is not worth to be learned

The things that make the real difference in a combat situation, are those that cannot be easily replicated because the others are easily part of our opponents’ baggage.

A note by Master Kongling – Let’s be clear, there are valuable things that can be learned instantly but they are mostly basic approaches, corrections to common mistakes or theoretical knowledge, everything else is easily rubbish.

What are the steps to learn advanced martial skills?

In martial arts the most gradual path is always the one that leads to true results: slow means precise, precise means effective.

How to acquire advanced level martial skills:

First, we have to understand what is the path (through a reliable expert)
Second, we have to ask ourselves if we can follow that path (from the beginning to the end)
Third, we have to be gradual (real skills pushes the human mind and body near their limits)

To deepen the topic of advance martial capabilities read How to acquire special abilities.

In-depth video courses

Basic 6 Dragons Kung Fu exercises – Our core martial practices that transform passion into discipline
Advanced speed and reflexes training – How to build real execution speed for combat
Mind self-control hacks – How to improve our mental capabilities (focus, planning, quick reasoning, etc.)
Self-defense basics: how to – A video course about the fundamentals of our self-defense method
How to develop a good timing – How to gain control over your pace and impose it on the opponent
Diamond Finger conditioning – How to acquire one of the most advanced conditioning skills
How to build strong self-discipline – How to get the key that grants us access to all the other goals

In-depth articles

Motivation: from passion to self-discipline – How to use passion to rapidly build self-discipline
All the skills of 6 Dragons Kung Fu – An updated list of all the capabilities of 6 Dragons Kung Fu

Questions

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Author: Master Kongling

Founder of 6 Dragons Kung Fu.

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