[Martin]

We were practising with Franta for half an hour on Monday instead of our regular training in our dormitories. And one idea came to my mind. Can you tell me Tetyana how you are thinking about exercise? I mean. You have some schedule and you are creating exercises accoring it? How much do you improvising? What would you recomend us for this type of ´´external´´ training? We were trying to repeat things what we knew, but it usually end with improvisation. Is it good if we don´t have specific aim?   

[Haveunique]

Martin, the program we follow is on the website.
Aimless training is useless... choose one element and work on it. Make sure you follow all the Wing Chun principles. But - how do you know what you do is correct?   

[Martin]

[Haveunique]

Martin, thank you, relaxation and awareness are the starting points. In Wing Chun technique, work on applying principles at all times. For this you need relaxation and awareness =)   

[Martin]

[Gra-ach]

Work on your steps Draw a square and work on your footwork. That's what I do from time to time.

Another thing, do First Form.   

[Haveunique]

Thank you, Gra-ach (Ira), those can be starting points for sure, and for you if you chose them The importance is what you work on - technique or inner state, or are you able to tackle both already.

Martin, what you call "general" is more specific than you think. What Ira suggested are elements of technique. What is primary for us now is balanced inner state, which should be trained as a priority. Two elements of inner state are - awareness and relaxation.

When do you know you do things right? This is a very important question for you, Martin. Finding the answer should help you move on.   

[Martin]

Thank you for all your suggestions. I will try to do this thing with square.

I think that I´m able to consider my mistakes retrospectively, after I will realized that I was doing mistakes. I will see it or after some improvments. I don´t see better options so far. It came to my mind again that with this phylosophy I can improve all my life.   

[Haveunique]

Constant learning is the only way for improvement, as soon as someone decides they are a master, the learning stops. The choice is always ours   

[Gra-ach]

[Haveunique]

Thanks, Ira! Very nicely said. Exactly, it is how you do it, not just First Form some random way. I agree that together with inner state work it can be a powerful tool, and to us it is already available.   

[Procyona]

I don't know how you feel about training at your own home, but I find it difficult to consentrate there. I usually have either unfinished projects on my table, or dishes in the kitchen to keep me busy. When I have them in my sight, I don't feel like training. But going outside, or anywhere else is good: then I can focus on the exercises. Better yet, if I have traveled far away from home, and have only limited time to work.   

[Haveunique]

All I can say, where there is a will, there is a way I have been training in quite some unexpected places and it all had to do with the fact that I NEEDED to train and the HOW to do it is always a secondary question How has it been with the surrounding for individual training lately, Milla?   

[Procyona]

While I have been traveling, I have trained in quite unexpected places, too. When I am consentrating on the training, surrounding blur away and the place does not matter anymore, but if there are distractions it makes things complicated. I have noticed that I need to have motivation for training or else it wont work. So it's not just about the outside surroundings, but the inside surroundings as well.   

[Haveunique]

Definitely! And it goes from inside to outside all the time What we get around us is the result of our previous actions.