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Kung Fu is Not Just a Workout, It's a Practice! 

10/19/2015

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Kung Fu is not just a workout, it's a practice. It's good to have goals but the goal of Kung Fu is more in the doing and not as much in the receiving. We practice for the sake of practicing, which allows us to be present and receive joy and proficiency while we're doing it. Many fitness routines don't always require a mindful presence, that's why you can watch TV on a treadmill. 

Kung Fu's reward is in doing Kung Fu, so we are all masters while we're practicing. It requires you to be present and aware, to correctly see everything going on while you're doing it. This not only develops the mind-body connection, it developed our ability to pay attention, to ourselves, to our body and the world around us. If we get distracted or lost in thought we make mistakes. This is as true in life as it is in Kung Fu Practice. Life is made of moments, Kung Fu trains our brain to pay attention to those moments otherwise we miss out on life.

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    Sifu Alex Lamas is a Kung Fu and Tai Chi instructor in Westchester and the Bronx, NY and has been  Involved with the martial arts since the age of 12. In 1996 Sifu Alex Lamas entered the Fu Jow Pai system of Kung Fu under Master Shue Yiu Kwan. In 2001 he became an instructor at Kwan’s Kung Fu and is a current member of the Kwan’s Kung Fu Chinese Lion Dance Team.     

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