Issue 54 - Tse Qigong Centre

Cover: Grandmaster Ip Chun, his fatherGrandmaster Ip Man & Bruce Lee.Qi Magazine is published by the Tse QigongCentre. Its aim is to bring you information notreadily available in the West.Editor:Deputy Editor:Design AssistantAssistants:Proof Reading:Marketing/Distribution:Subscriptions:Sweden:Michael TseDarryl MoyDavid DrennanSarah BloomfieldJohn HayesShahriar SepangiRick CharlesYvonne DixonMike StensonJessica BlackwellJayne RowlandsBarbro OlssonConsultants (Listed in alphabetical order):Columnists:Grandmaster Chan Chi HoGrandmaster Chen Xiao WangGrandmaster Ip ChunGrandmaster Yang MeijunGlen GosslingJ. Reynolds NelsonDr. Shulan TangSihn KeiAdam WallaceReaders may contact any of our contributors c/oQi Magazine.We encourage all our readers to contribute articles, lettersor questions for possible inclusion in future issues ofQi Magazine.Articles appearing in Qi Magazine do not necessarilyreflect the opinion of the editor. Adverts appearing in themagazine are not necessarily endorsed by it or the editor.Exercises appearing in Qi Magazine are for referencepurposes only. Thus anyone wishing to study should seekqualified tuition.Michael Tse 2001.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may bereproduced, stored or transmitted in any way without thewritten permission of Michael Tse.Advertising: Qi Magazine has proved to be an effectiveway of reaching a wide variety of people. All enquirieswelcome.For UK call: 0161 929 4485For USA call: (808) 528 8501Subscription: Costs per year:UK£20 inc p&p.USA$35 inc p&pEurope £25 (airmail) inc p&p.Worldwide £35 (airmail) inc p&p.For UK/Europe/WorldwidePlease send payment in Pounds Sterling. Payment can beby Credit Card or Cheque, drawn on UK bank, payable toQi Magazine:Qi MagazinePO Box 59 Altrincham, WA15 8FS, UKTel:0161 929 4485 Fax: 0161 929 4489email: tse@qimagazine.comFor USA/CanadaPlease send payment in US Dollars. Payment can be byCredit Card or Check payable to Qi Magazine:Tse Qigong CentrePO Box 15807, Honolulu HI 96830Tel: (808) 528 8501 Fax:(520) 441 6578email tse@wildgooseqigong.comhttp://www.qimagazine.comISSN 1358-3778There was once a man who loved martialarts very much. One day he met a martialartist who showed him some skill, andwhen they sparred the martial artistdefeated him easily. Of course,afterwards, the man wanted to study withhim, but the martial artist said, “I am notgood enough to teach, though you mightstudy with my teacher”. So the man wentto study with the martial artist’s teacher.After training hard for ten years hereached a very high level of skill in thatstyle.One day he was travelling in adifferent province when he met anothermartial artist who studied the same style.There were also very close in thefamily tree of that martial art.They began to talk andbecame very friendly.After they hadbeen talking for a whilethey agreed to traintogether and spar totest each other’s skill.However, when theybegan no matter whatthe man tried he wasdefeated and he foundhe was like a childtrying to fight an adult.His new friend’s skillwas much higher thanhis was and so he thought he might askhis advice so he could correct himself. Hesaid to the martial artist, “You must havebeen studying for a very long time.” Themartial artist replied, “No, only for threeyears.”This surprised the man and so hetold the martial artist that he had beentraining diligently for ten years everyday.He asked how could it be that his martialarts skill was not that good? The martialartist told him, “You use the wrong wayto practise and do not follow theprinciple.”The man was very upset: with thisconversation he knew that he had beenlearning and training wrongly, or that histeacher did not really know that muchabout the skill and was just pretending.In the end the man did not go back tohis teacher.This is just a story, but whether itis a martial art, Qigong or evensomething like cooking it is the same,once you start out wrong, it will take avery long time to get it right and in factyou may never manage it.It is just like a nail that you wantto hammer in to a piece of wood. If youhit the nail too hard so that it becomescrooked, then the more you hit it themore crooked it will become. Thefoundation is very important. So eventhough the man wanted to correct hisskill, it would take him a very long time.He had to be very patient and not rush.More importantly he needed to findsomeone who is very good in that areaand follow the proper way starting fromthe beginning. Then in the future hemight be OK.I always say, “When people areover thirty years old they becomestubborn.” They do not easily listen toothers people’s opinions and only like tolisten to people who have the sameopinions as they do, or to hear what theywant to hear. The only exception is if theyreally want to listen. If they don’t wantto listen to another person, even if thatperson is right, they still will not like tolisten to them.Teenagers and people in theirtwenties are still looking for an image,something they can be like in the future.So they are often more open.However, there are some badteachers who try to take advantage oftheir students and teach them the wrongskills. If someone is a good teacher theywill not mind opening their skill to othersbecause even if you see it, you will notbe able to do learn it. Also if the skill is... continued on page 8Qi Magazine 1