Belts Verses Skill Level · The Wing Chun Family

Sep 22 (edited) in TRAINING🥷

Belts Verses Skill Level

Dear Community Members,

Just would like to express the fact that belt/sash colour does not reflect true skill level unless you keep up with your training!

I can assure you all that skills (of any type) diminish over time, if you don’t keep up with your training to keep those skills for survival purposes!

As a purple belt, I have been through plateaus and even dips in skills and I must be honest that it takes hard work and dedication to keep your skills.

In class, I have found class members (especially the ones from a younger generation), to be intimidated by not me but by my belt colour.

Ladies and gentleman, if you are a white belt who practices your skills daily (or often) and are motivated to reach new heights, you will surely be better than the purple belt who doesn’t train when they are not in a classroom setting.

Another thing I would like to iterate is the fact that there are merits in training with practitioners who are better skilled than you , as well as those who are not as skilled as you.

Training with lower skilled practitioners help you test your state/martial skill and training with higher skilled practitioners help you develop your state/martial skill.

Every time that I get to train with

@Sifu John Cogan

, I jump at the opportunity because I can train and develop my state and martial skill.

I have the same feeling when it comes to training with white and blue belts as doing so can allow me to experiment using my state against them.

Please remember the following:

TRAINING WITH BETTER SKILLED OR LOWER SKILLED PRACTITIONERS HELP YOUR OWN SKILLS AS WELL AS ‘THEIRS’.

BOTH TYPES OF LEVELS PLAY HUGE ROLES IN YOUR SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

Training everyday is a must and I know some members here may feel that they have no time or whatever excuse they may have.

Training in martial arts is like having learnt a new foreign language, it takes time to develop to proficiency. Even at a level of proficiency, you need to keep refining your skills by using it daily.

Hope this post motivates everyone to make training a daily habit.

Grateful to be in this journey with you all 🙏

☮️ ❤️ 🥋 🌲 🌊 🌪️

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