The Tra ditiona l Sc hool of Chine se M a rtia l Arts
4/9 Rutland S t reet C oorparo o Q LD 41 51 . sifujason@ ex cite.co m 041 2 31 3653 / 3847 81 51 w ww .b risb anek ungfu.com
S PRIN G 2004
C M A NE W S
GRA D ING RE S ULTS
C ongratulations to all thes e s tudents w ho graded rec ently. Ac ros s the board I felt there w as a general lift in s tandard. It w as the firs t tim e th at the new s ets of tec hniques had been grad ed and it w as interes ting to s ee how they w ere exec uted in c om paris on to pre vious requirem ents . It appears that nov ic e s tudents are far m ore c apable w ith s parring having the bas ic s trikes and adva nc ed punc hes as part of their repertoir e. The s c hool now h as m ore interm ediate and ad vanc ed level s tudents than e ver before, ( leve l 6 x 1, 5 x 1, 4 x 2, and 3 x 9) w hic h is a good indic ation of the s trength and grow th of the s c hool as a w hole.
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EVEN T S C A LEN DAR
NA S forms due in Tournam ent Training Tournam ent Training (S i Hing) Tournam ent Training Grading NA S Nationals IK A E F S em inar (Xm as Sp e cial) Inos anto S em inar - Day 1 Inos anto S em inar - Day 2 B anquet Inos anto S em inar - Day 3 V ideo Night Las t Class for 2004 Firs t Class for 2005 12/11/ 04 13/11/ 04 20/11/ 04 27/11/ 04 28/11/ 04 4-5/1 2/04 4-5/1 2/04 11/12/ 04 12/12/ 04 12/12/ 04 13/12/ 04 17/12/ 04 22/12/ 04 10/01/ 05
Tournam ent Tra in ing
Thos e c om petin g at th e Nation al titles m ay lik e to partic ipate in thes e free trainin g s es s ions (d ates abo ve ). Thes e are j us t for wo rk ing on y o ur to urn am e nt fo rm s and fo r s par ring drills an d pr ac tic e.
Ther e ar e a few s tud ents left to gr ad e an d I am h op eful that will be p rep ar ed by the 2 8th o f No ve m b er.
GA MES/ M O VIES NIG HT
A gam es / vi deos ni ght w as held on F riday 1 7th J uly . A fter o ur M ac gre go r c las s we warm ed do wn with s om e s oc c er and then rel ax ed with s om e m a rtial arts m o vies . B ruc e Le e’s “Fis t of Fury ” an d then Jet Li’s “Onc e Up on a Tim e in Chi na ”.
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B IRT HD AYS
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W eb Site Upgrade
A large r en o vation to the s ite h as beg un. Clas s es , pric es , c ontac t details are bein g upd ated. The m em be r s ec tion is ha vin g fo rm s an d r epo rts add ed to it. S i Hi ng’s details will als o be inc luded on the ins truc tors pag e. Tell S ifu Jas o n ab out any ideas y ou m ay ha ve.
The Traditional School of Chinese Martial Arts
4/9 Rutland Street Coorparo o QLD 4151. sifujason@ excite.co m 0412 313653 / 3487 8185 w ww .brisbanek ungfu.com
SPRING 2004
CMA NEWS
Seminars
CST Seminar/s
NAS Tournaments
Virtuous Qualities
Rou nd 4 sa w Si fu miss out du e to fam ily co mm itm e nts. Si Hi ng I did the control and restraint obvi ously coached well as we still seminar l ast year and highly bro ught home a num ber of awa rds. recomm end it. For on e day (4th Con gratulations to: Dec), $85 gi ves you lots of Cam ero n Stew art - 3rd p r ac t i c a l i n f o rm a t i o n on Mens Advance d Co nt. Sparring pressure points, holds, take- 3rd downs and chokes etc. Very Peter N atalier Mens Advance d Forms much a hands on wo rkshop so - 3rd be prepared to be on the Peter N atalier Senior W eapons Dem onstrations recei ving end as well !! Kate Jo hnson - 1st CS T also do First Aid courses W omens Novice Fo rms - 2nd and refresh ers so if you’ re Kate Jo hnson headed up the ranks or need/ W omens Novice Poi nt Sparring want First Aid quali fications Heat her Green - 3rd then consider these dates: W omens Novice Fo rms Nov 29 - 30 Dec 13 - 14 After the 4 re gional tournam ents, Dec 19 o ve ral l 2 004 s t at e ranki ngs
HONESTY
IKAEF Seminar/s
If you’ re not competing at the Natio nal Titles or cheering on in the crowd, then you m ay be interested in this xmas special. Steffen’s wo rkshops a re fun and good val ue. O ver 2 days you will cover knife d efence, stick fighting, Jeet Kune Do, Kali, Self defence and Street Fighting. Just ask Richard, Luke, Se rena, Peter or myself what they’re like as we did several last year. Great Value!
Inosanto Seminar/s
Dan Inosanto was Bruce Lee’s top student w ho conti nued the style of Jeet Kun e Do a nd is a worl d renow ned Martial A rts Instructor and practitioner. You may attend 1 or all of 3 workshops in Sout h East Qld on 11-13 Dec. Ask Sifu Jason fo r more details.
Bei ng h onest is bei ng sincere, open trustworthy and truth ful. W hen peo ple are honest, they can be relied on not to lie, cheat or steal. If t hey tell y ou something, you kno w they mean it. W ith honesty you can co unt on your fri ends, family, classmates, colleagu es and they can count on you. Hon es ty means not exagg erating som ething j ust to impress others. Honesty is telling the truth no matter what, even it m eans di s ap poi nt i n g s om e o ne. Being ho nest means you don’t make false promises. You do what you said yo u’d include d: do. Your actions match your Peter - 3rd F orms words. Integrity! - 4th Point Sparri ng Honesty brings an elem ent - 5th Co nt Sparring of trust and security to your - 8th W eapons relatio nships and to your life. Katie - 1st Point Sparri ng Telling th e truth an d li vi ng - 1st Cont Sparri ng your li fe h onestly isn’t always - 3rd F orms easy and req uires a lot of Heat her - 2nd Poi nt Sparring coura ge, but will bring you - 2nd F orms greater rew ards in your - 3rd Co nt Sparring perso nal and professio nal Kate - 6th Forms life. - 8th Point Sparri ng • Admit your mistakes Da vid - 4th Forms • Keep your promises Simon - 2nd F orms • Say what you mean • Mean what you say E ven as the 20 05 W orl d Titles on • Tell the truth tactfully the Gol d C oast beckons, w e will be • Re fuse to lie or cheat looking at other to urnament circuit • Re fuse to steal options as well n ext year. There has been some dis ap pointi ng Next quality - Patience officiating, too many injuries and not enough variety. Quote Se e back pa ge for state titles Desiri ng enlightenment is w ra p up! like fightin g for peace.
The Traditional School of Chinese Martial Arts
4/9 Rutland Street Coorparoo QLD 4151. sifujason@excite.com 0412 313653 / 3487 8185 www.brisbanekungfu.com
SPRING 2004
CMA NEWS
CAMP
For a different environment, I thought we’d go bush this time. A spot called Peach Trees near Jimna was recommended to me as quiet, beautiful, sparse of people, and with a swimming hole. The mid afternoon departure time seemed like a good idea but a traffic jam on the Bruce Highway (at 3.30!!) plus roadworks, rain and bridge closures made the trip substantially longer. Dave was the first to arrive with Sifu and Steve soon after. After scoping the area and finding a top spot to camp we were quite flabbergasted to be asked to move away “if we were noisy campers”. Prevention is better than cure so we moved and found a better spot anyway. So setting up camp by headlight is what we ended up doing as the rest of the party arrived over the next two hours. Marc had his tent up and complete before I’d even worked out which side of my fly was up. My huge tarp was stretched out between a batch of trees and gave us our mostly dry living area for the weekend. Lights were not our forte on this excursion. Sifu flamed his entire mantle, Si Hing smashed his gas lantern, Troy's kero lamp we couldn’t get to work and the dull glow from Damien's torch was barely enough to see by! Thank goodness for a couple of other torches and the occasional headlight. Our first wildlife interaction was a bandicoot, followed by a brave possum who came right to the middle of our site. There was also an owl spotted with an impressive wingspan and a couple of thousand frogs could be heard. The rest of the night was spent with a few drinks celebrating Damien’s last day at work. The alarm was set for 6.30am but the birds had other ideas. From 4.00am they squawked, gobbled, cooed and whistled and the rummaging bush turkeys had us up much earlier than anticipated. Ah nature!!! While waiting for the last few to wake up, some of us explored the local area. We were surrounded by dozens of eastern grey kangaroos and found some possums in the rafters and sinks of the facilities. Down at the swimming area we saw a platypus, kookaburras, kingfishers and some water beetles. We had a long and slow stretch session followed by some chi gong under the trees. This got the energy flowing and the cobwebs cleared before a potentially long day. Breakfast was hoed into in preparation for the day ahead. Once breakfast had settled, we headed off for a run. Two groups started out for the 4 kilometres along a fire trail. Dodging cow pats and mud puddles became all important. We reached what appeared to be a small hill which one by one claimed us all. It was so much longer than expected and we all puffed out. At our destination we were met with the state’s tallest fire tower. This was a poorly kept secret but was a shock to some. 241 steps and 43 metres might not sound like much but even Sifu couldn’t jog all the way up. In fact, only a few people braved the height at all, to get to the top. Once down from the tower we went through a fitness session to the surprise of the 4WD drivers. Chin ups, push ups, sit ups, back extensions, squats, calf raises and handstands gave our whole body a workout as felt the next day. We had a more relaxing trip back to the camp site only to be interrupted by more rain. After lunch we had a balance session - tight rope walking around a fenced off area. A few made it all the way around, Marc and Sifu did it backwards and nobody could do it with eyes closed! A game of soccer was had with 5 on 5. This warmed us up sufficiently to check out the swimming hole properly. We had a rope swing to play with! The water was a good two metres deep and cool. At least the sudden entry gets it all over with. Two young girls showed no fear in having a go while the experimentation from our group was starting to take its toll (trees, back splats, attempted dives). Our last training session for Saturday was pressure point training which Dave unfortunately couldn’t stay for. In a circle we stood, waiting for each person to try out each spot on us before we returned the favour. As is normal with pressure points, while it would work on most people there is always one or two that it doesn’t work on. But we definitely succeeded most of the time. The rain stopped this activity (thankfully, some would say) so we prepared for the night. After dinner and tarp realigning, we settled in for a chat and some snacks. Desperate attempts were made to get a fire going (paper, sparklers, butane, kerosene, even canola oil) but to no avail). Marshmallows had to be eaten raw. Shucks! Heather brought out the violin and skilfully entertained us and then Sifu joined her in song. After lots of Les Mis and the like most were ready for bed. I wonder if my singing scared them to bed or if it gently lulled them? Our original neighbour must be glad we moved! Quieter birdlife the next morning meant a sleep in till 6.30am. An upset kangaroo thumping back and forth was entertaining and impressive to watch and nearly cleaned Damien up! After breakfast we completed our pressure point training just in time for our guest instructor to arrive. Nigel Poulton is a good friend of mine and he is extensively skilled. I was glad he was able to make it and appreciative of the fact that he came directly from work. He took us all through a great session of stand up wrestling which is quite different to what we normally do. He followed this up with a session of boxing drills which everyone appeared to enjoy (albeit with some bruised knuckles). I will no doubt incorporate some of his drills into our own training. Also in the morning, we did some board breaking. Last camp no-one could get through the big board with a hand strike but this time a lot of us did. Not only that but some made it through both boards together! Si Hing then entertained us attempting to eat 5 marshmallows at once. Another swim to cool down, then lunch and sayonara to Nigel and family. Some of us played ultimate with the Frisbee and then it was time to pack up in between the showers. We had fun undoing the tarp from its high altitudes. Although less stuff gets packed up it always seems to take up more space! After cramming it all in we made our way back to Brisbane in the rain, braving the traffic jam at Morayfield and bits of car falling off. Sifu made the Sunday class just in time only to discover a solitary student waiting - Dave. He alone had energy left to come to training.
The Traditional School of Chinese Martial Arts
4/9 Rutland S treet Coorparo o QLD 4151. sifujason@ excite.co m 0412 313653 / 3847 8151 w ww .brisbanek ungfu.com
SPRING 2004
CMA NEWS
Sports Psychology for Training - Part 1
Hea the r Gre e n This is the first of a two-part seri es on sports psychology for ma rtial artists. This article focuses on p rinciples for trainin g; the next on e will focus on maximising perfo rma nce o n e vent days such as gra din g an d competitio n. PRAC TISE W ITH CO RRE C TIO N – Practising p rop erly is crucial fo r skill de vel opm ent. Th at mea ns doi ng both the rig ht am ount of practice an d the rig ht type o f p ractice. You get maxim um b ene fits from practice if you use correcti ve fee dback. This can come eit her from oth er p eo ple o r from yo ursel f. Fee dback is most useful wh en it is specific and ackno wl edg es both positi ve an d neg ati ve aspects of pe rform ance. So, instead o f just doing rep etitions, make each o ne a g oo d on e, and focus on sp ecific aspects that you can impro ve. GOALS – D efi ning go als for traini ng as well as for outcomes is mo re re wa rdin g, mo re m oti vatin g, an d le ads to better p erfo rma nce. W hene ver p ossible, go als should b e specific, measu rabl e, achie vabl e, and ha ve a time-fram e. For example, Fre d might set a goal to be able to do 60 p ush ups by the end o f thre e months. If he can currently d o 4 0, he coul d b reak do wn ho w ma ny he ne eds to do each w eek o r e ach mo nth to re ach his goal. Telling othe r peo ple ab out you r goals also makes it m ore likely you will reach them. A nd ha ve fun cel eb ratin g all those little and bi g wins with yo ur trai ning goals ! THO UG H TS – Think a bo ut the m ental m essages you gi ve you rsel f in trainin g. Are y ou a positi ve coach, encou ra ging you rsel f to persist and impro ve ? Are you draggi ng you rself alo ng to traini ng beca use you think you nee d to get fitter? Do you alw ays focus on wh at you do wro ng instea d of w hat you do rig ht? Try to notice what you are thinkin g, a nd ai m to use m ore realistic, encou ragi ng m essages. F or exampl e, instead o f thinkin g “I’m so tired toni ght”, you co uld cha ng e it to “Th at’s good th at I g ot he re w he n I’m fe elin g so tired; h ow abo ut I focus mo re on qu ality this session”. IMAGE RY – M aking i mag es in yo ur mi nd o f you pe rformi ng an action successfully is a type o f “me ntal reh ea rsal” that wo rks the same pa rts of yo ur b rain as actually making th e mo ves ! Visualise clearly in yo ur min d w hat you are tryin g to do, an d try to feel in yo ur b ody wh at the mo ves wo uld fe el like. Heath er G re en, PhD (ClinPsych) is a clinical psychologist with the Inn er No rth Brisba ne Me ntal H ealth Service .
Student Profile
Ste ve C rom e be ga n his Kung F u traini ng in Au gust 19 95 a nd as such is the schools ol dest current stud ent. In 1 998 he l eft fo r Melbo urne whe re he stayed fo r 3 ye ars. H e the n li ved in E uro pe fo r a year o r more. Com petition hi ghli ghts ha ve inclu de d two seco nd pl aces at the 199 5 State Titles and a State Title in 1997. The re was also a memo rabl e re gion al tournam ent in 19 96 w he re h e we nt home with 4 trop hies from o ne days comp etition! Befo re le a vi ng for Mel bo urn e he was almost rea dy to attempt his assistant instructor gra din g. By his ow n a dmission h e is “...a bit rusty.” Steve looks forwa rd to starting from scratch, picking up new fo rms an d sets along th e w ay, and l ea rnin g some of th e re finem ents mad e o ver th e years.
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T h e T r a d ition a l S c h ool of C h in e se M a r tia l Ar ts
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SPRIN G 2004
CMA NEW S
2 0 0 4 Q L D S TAT E T IT L E S
A goo d s iz e c onting ent m a de it alo ng to th e s tate titles . Not only c om petitors but s om e welc om e s uppo rters too ! V irtually e very o ne we nt hom e with s om ethin g and s om e go od res ults wer e ac hie ve d as follo ws :
T E N S H A O L IN L AW S
T he Te n S ha olin La ws are no n-r eligi ous , and trans c en d all c ultures and r ac es , i.e. people of any c ulture and r ac e wo uld ag ree that they prom ote valu es that a re wo rthy an d des i rabl e. Laws , in th e S ha olin tra dition, a re n ot m ea nt to be p uniti ve o r r es tric ti ve, b ut as p rac tic al m ea ns S im on H u - 1s t M ens No vic e F or m s to help follo wers ac hi e ve s et aim s and T roy Jo hns o n - 2nd M ens No vic e F o rm s objec ti ves ; in this c as e to help them attain the T roy Jo hns o n - 3rd M ens P oint S pa rri ng bes t pos s ible r es ults in prac tis ing S h aolin Heat her G re en - 2nd W om ens N o vic e F o rm s K ung fu fo r c om b at effic ie nc y , joy ful li vi ng, m ind Heat her G re en - 3rd W om ens P oint S pa rri ng ex pans io n, and s pi ritual ful film e nt. K atie Dry s dal e - 1s t W om e ns Co nt. S pa rrin g- T her e is no legal bi ding o n the Ten S h aolin K ate Jo hns o n - 1s t W om ens No vic e form s Laws ; o ne c an not b e pr os ec uted i n a la w c ou rt S ifu J as on - 2nd W e apo ns Dem ons trati on if he br eak s thes e la ws . T he bi ndi ng is m or al. S ifu J as on - 2nd M ens B lac k belt F orm s B ut they are not fo rc ed u po n the foll ow er; the follo w er ac c epts them bec aus e he c hoos es to, W ooho o!!! W ell done e very b ody . I’m very pro ud o f bec aus e h e belie ves they are h elp ful to him in y ou all. W e’re i n a g ood pos ition to do well at th e his phy s ic al, em otio nal, m e ntal and s piritu al Natio nals (3 week s aw ay ). c ultivation. If h e b re ak s the la ws , des pite Res t y our inj uries , s leep and eat w ell, and c om e s uffic ient w arni ngs , he m ay be as k e d to lea ve alon g to the tourn am e nt trainin g s es s ions to the S ha olin tr aini ng, n ot as a punis h m ent, b ut m ax im is e y our p rep ar ation. bec aus e th e traini ng is not s uitable fo r him . Y ou m ay e ven quali fy for the A us tralia n team t o T H E T E N S H AO L I N L AW S c om pete at the worl d titles in July ! • Required to res pect the m aster, honour the M oral W ay and love fellow dis ciples as brothers Don’t for get - winni ng is n’t e very thi ng. Th e res ults and s is ters . ofte n do n’t ac c urately re pr es ent y our a bility or • Required to train the S haolin arts diligently , per fo rm a nc e on th e day . T her e ar e m any fac tors and as a pre-requis ite, to be phy sic ally and that affec t y ou r s c ores /r es ults that y ou h a ve n o m entally healthy. c ontrol o ve r. F or ex am pl e, y our p os ition in th e • Required to be filial to parents , be res pec tfield, wh ethe r y ou’ re red or w hite, w hat ju dges y o u ful to the elderly , and protec tive of the y oung. ha ve, ho w the c ro wd r eac ts and m ore. • Required to uphold righteous ness , and to In fac t I (and the c ro wd in gen er al) ar e ofte n m or e be both wis e and c ourageous. im pres s e d with ho w y ou ac c ept a los s or ba d • F orbidden to be ungrateful and unsc rupudec is ion tha n if y ou h ad o ne w on it. lous , ignoring the Laws of m an and heaven. • F orbidden to rape, m olest, do evil, steal, rob, abduct or c heat. • F orbidden to ass oc iate with wic k ed people; forbidden to do any s orts of wic k ednes s. • F orbidden to abus e power, be it offic ial or phy s ic al; forbidden to oppres s the good and bully the k ind. • O bliged to be hum ane, c om pas sionate and s pread love, and to realiz e everlas ting peac e and happiness for all people. • O bliged to be c hivalrous and generous , to nurture talents and pass on the S haolin arts to N o rm a l is an o p in io n . des erving dis c iples .
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