Earlier this week I wrote a brief paragraph about the CoreConcepts of Wing Tsun Kung Fu, interconnected teaching and learning tools, my personal method of teaching Wing Tsun.

We have concluded in classes that the kung fu techniques itself are not the most important part of one's skills, but their very performance, which eventually leads us to the CoreConcepts. Let's use a single punch as example as to what could go wrong:

- what good is a punch if the wrong distance prevents a full impact,
- if muscle tension throws you off balance while hitting,
- if the timing is off, meaning you get hit while striking,
- if you can not activate the right muscles and your punch is too weak
- if your footwork is not coordinated with your hand techniques
... and the list could go on.

The Wing Tsun forms build a framework which allows us to develop the usage, the realization of these concepts.

It's in the long run the intensity of our training, the ability to analyze our training, the how-to of our training which yields eventually results everyone would like to acquire, the ability of dealing with a scenario in a way that looks seemingly so easy.

You can compare success or failure of your progress with a well-rounded fitness training. The comparison is simply designed for explanatory reasons.

If you really want to improve your allover fitness you have to consider several issues (in no particular order):
- strength training (machines, free weights, etc.)
- endurance training (stamina, handling of stress, etc.)
- flexibility training (stretching, mobility, gymnastics, etc.)
- nutritional training (learning about your body type, sleep pattern, meal plans, etc.)

If one factor is missing, it will not be a well-rounded fitness training, the results will not be truly satisfactory.

This is how you could also view any Wing Tsun forms or exercises in connection to the 10 CoreConcepts, here listed in no particular order:
- distance
- timing
- coordination
- mobility
- positioning
- power
- balance
- release power
- centerline
- fluidity

Come back tomorrow for tips on how to improve your partner training.