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Dragon's Fist Style of Kung Fu

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Teaching and Training Philosophies

1. Three secrets of training: Practice, Practice, Practice.
2. "Train more than you sleep." Oyama
3. "To do your form a 1000 times a day is not enough." Sifu Panico
4. "Do this 1000 times, then ask questions." Gm. Hsu Fun Yen
5. A Kung Fu teacher must have confidence in his ability to fight, and the resolve to overcome the trials and confrontations offered by his students(i.e., he must be able to inspire them to greater things).
6. Basics are the strength and foundation of your martial art. The relative level of difficulty of your individual basics may increase, but the basics must always be a part of any training regime.
7. Create challenges for your committed students.
8. What is a student's commitment? Be early to every class, attend every class possible, practice outside of class regularly. These are the only expectations until the student's commitment is verified by action.
9. Avoid making expectations of your students' progress; they will progress as they adhere to #8.
10. Remember that your own individual training can continue and should continue as you train your students. "To teach once, is to learn twice."
11. Advanced training must undergo the same methodology as basics: Practice, Practice, Practice.
12. Seated concentration exercises, including form visualization, will benefit the mind/body links.
13. Be an active member of your school and organization. This is the public relations avenue for your self, your school, and the martial arts in general. To participate in demonstrations and tournaments is not making a public spectacle, not self-aggrandizement, and not showing off. Demonstrations and tournaments are suitable vehicles to introduce the martial arts to the general public. Your future martial brothers and sisters may be in the crowd. Your sifu's active participation, in combination with your personal involvement can insure the continued success of your school and organization. The whole is stronger than the sum of the individual parts.