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Health benefits
The benefits of
physical activity are broad and important. It:
* Reduces the
risk of dying from heart disease
* Lowers your
chance of developing high blood pressure
* Helps maintain
healthy joints, bones, and muscles
* Reduces
symptoms of anxiety and depression
* Improvement in
mood and feelings of well being
* Helps to
control the blood sugar and weight, and develop lean
muscles, and also reduce body fat
Regular activity has
a number of proven, positive health effects, especially
on heart health. Vigorous exercise strengthens the heart
as a pump, making it a larger, more efficient muscle.
Even moderate activity aid the circulatory system, and
lower blood pressure and blood fats. All these effects
translate into reduced risk for heart disease, heart
attack, and stroke.
Regular activity
also promises mental-health benefits, like relieving
stress and anxiety. It can help you sleep better and
renew your energy.
Why Wing Chun
Wing Chun is a
logical, scientific, yet simple Chinese martial art
system, which was developed for practical and effective
self-defence. It is a result oriented martial art known
for its efficiency and economy of movement based upon
the natural body mechanics of the human musculoskeletal
framework. It was developed for survival, self-defence
and damage limitation, rather than for purely attack or
for aesthetic appeal. Wing Chun's simple and direct
short range simultaneous attack and defence hand
techniques, its use of only low kicks and its simple but
evasive footwork, combined with its logical and
scientific methodology, are the reasons why it is fast
becoming one of the most popular Chinese martial arts
around the world. Employing several key concepts;
sensitivity, contact reflexes, forward energy and
'borrowing' the opponent's force, Wing Chun emphasises
and utilises natural and efficient body mechanics,
eliminating the necessity to use and rely on size and
strength and is therefore suitable for anybody,
regardless of age, gender, or physique.
Health benefits
of Wing Chun
The Wing Chun
principles of conservation of energy and momentum whilst
borrowing the momentum and energy of the opponent, and
doing the minimum amount of work mean that size,
fitness, age or sex are of little consequence;
Incorporated
within the Siu Nim Tao form are breathing exercises
commonly called 'Chi Kung' or 'Hay Gung' meaning
breathing energy. This breathing exercise helps us
control our cardiovascular metabolic rate as well as
detoxify and then store fresh energy in our bodies. The
breathing influences the bodies bio-electrical balances,
just as diet influences its bio-chemical balance, hence
this is taught at an early stage.
According to the
Taoist view, the nutrition provided by air through
correct breathing is more important to life, health and
longevity than that provided by food or water. Oxygen is
the food of life, without it we would die quickly.
Providing oxygen to our body is a fundamental and
instinctive body function that most people give any
thought to, it is accepted as natural. In truth however,
most people breath inefficiently under stress, using
only a small percentage of the available lung capacity
which, though it increases dramatically during strenuous
exercise, is often insufficient to provide the muscles
with the 'food' they require to function effectively and
efficiently. By practicing correct breathing methods,
particularly during Siu Nim Tao, it is possible to
increase the amount of lung capacity used, therefore
increasing the oxygen intake and providing the muscles
with their 'food' allowing them to function more
efficiently, whilst not tiring so quickly.
Summary of benefits
•Practical street-level self-defence
•Simple to learn
•Rapid progression
•Evolving style
•Clear and transparent training
•Friendly, warm atmosphere
•Fitness
•Confidence
•Balanced life style
•Weight control
•Clearer physical awareness
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