5:40 – the beginning of morning training. It’s really, REALLY hard to get some gentle bodies moving when they’re not used to greeting the sunrise every day.
Oh, my God! During the first week, you just need to survive. Your whole body aches, and there’s only one question on your mind: how can I escape, and where can I go to sleep?! …>>
Everybody comes here with different aims. Speaking for myself, I came to tempt fate, to try to overcome myself by doing something I’d never done before. I was also incredibly curious to see authentic warriors – those incredible men from Shaolin.
Five months at the school – what was it like? It was hard! (If somebody ever tells you that studying Kung Fu was easy for them, you should know – it wasn’t Kung Fu!)
What did I get out of it? After the first month, I might have confidently said that I knew the basics. But after the fifth month, I wouldn’t have been so sure anymore. This period of time was just enough for me to realise the sheer scale of this “science”, which is as wide and deep as an ocean – an ocean you cannot cross quickly or easily reach the bottom of.
As a practising visual artist, I admit that Kung Fu is probably the highest art in the world (that humanity knows of at this moment). Because to master it – when you begin to understand what you’re doing and know how to improve – you first need to master yourself.
I was certainly far from being the best student (in somebody’s opinion, perhaps even the worst one), but all those hardships didn’t kill my desire to continue. To continue studying and practising Kung Fu.
No doubt, one day I’ll come back and test my strength again (everyone who has been there comes back!)))
It’s a GREAT experience when you allow yourself to try something truly difficult, because it’s the only way to challenge yourself and become a better person!
And if you sometimes feel that the “MASTER” who can teach you everything lives inside you, what should you do? Simply let him wake up early in the morning.
With deep gratitude and unlimited respect to all the masters of Yuntai School,
Katia
Germany · 3 months