Re: When Did It "Click?"
Hi Taltos,
Good question. There are many moments like this in Wing Chun.
It first "clicked" for me when I attended a seminar after 13 months being the "new guy" at my school. With so many seniors (the nearest had four years more than me), I never got to feel what I was doing working effectively outside of the occasional serendipitous coming together of luck and skill.
At this seminar, my first, I met students from other schools with many years of Wing Chun, some who were teachers, and had my way with every one of them, giving me confidence in my Wing Chun hands finally.
Naturally, I went back home with this new insight and promptly had my head handed to me , but the feeling of success remained to inspire my continued diligent training over the next five years to present.
Regards,
Uber Field Marshall Grendel
Mm Yan Chi Dai---The Cantonese expression Mm Yan Chi Dai, translates to "Misleading other people's children." The idiom is a reference to those teachers who claim an expertise in an art that they do not have and waste the time and treasure of others.
Wing Chun---weaponized Chi (c)