FAQ: Shaolin Interview with Master Shi Heng Yi (释恒義)

you you when you are starting to practice shaolin kung fu' there are certain skills that your body is going to develop such as speed accuracy strength power your mind on the other side is also going through a certain development and what you essentially learn with Shaolin training is why discipline is everything you need to solve all your problems because discipline at the end of the day is going to be that one skill and that one principle which is making you stand up and work again for what you want there are simple principles that we see in Shaolin which goes like nothing comes from nothing so if you want to achieve something somewhere you need to plant the seed so it is able to grow I'll give you something you can understand and it is something that you need to put into practice having all this knowledge and not using it this is really wasting time shego is simply the understanding of how your body mechanics and how your hid internal energy flow is working now internal energy fluid is something here in Europe you don't really know what to do with this but if you understand for example that your body works the best if it is united then it becomes much more clear why it is essential to use this Qigong knowledge in all the arts and all the practice that you are doing chi gong and tai chi in that in that sense there are two different teachings Qigong is about understanding your body Tai Chi is using this knowledge and applying it to certain techniques Tai Chi simply means the highest fist the highest goal or the highest law the highest law of the system but bringing Shaolin kung-fu to the essence it simply teaches you where your place as a human being is in this nature so Shaolin training in essence is first of all a way of doing you can talk all day about it but it's better to do it and while you are practicing there are certain things that you are going to understand like what for example one of the teaching is things work much better when they are united when they are in harmony if you look at your life or if you look everywhere what you see is simply separation you can see that body and mind oftentimes you separated your body is sitting here and your mind is flowing around so what is Shaolin doing now it is giving you certain tools certain instruments or what we refer to as being formed for example where you can slowly start again to bring that separation from body and mind together you you you don't have to be a Shaolin monk or you don't even have to be a Shaolin master in order to take any users out of that knowledge the core of Shaolin training it simply teaches in with principles principles that you see everywhere in life and maybe you've never thought about them but if you get some insight in how certain things are just always repeating and are always staying the same during the time you can get very very valuable inside and simply use it for all parts of your life not just in the martial arts you

Channel: Shaolin Temple Europe 歐洲少林寺

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Length: 7min 46sec (466 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 12 2015