Philosophy

[andrewsmith]

he philosophy of Wing Chun says that you have to choose the fight and the battles of your life very cleverly. You have to be smart and wise. The fighting skills you need to have must be catalytic to nirvana. By allowing and giving you the opportunity to reach a high level of character and self-confidence, the skills of yours have to provide you with peace in your head. To do so, they have to eliminate all the insecurities and give you the will and the ability to be peaceful and in a harmony with others and most importantly, with your own self.
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[Aardvark]

...The fighting skills you need to have must be catalytic to nirvana. ... in a harmony with others and most importantly, with your own self.

I understand "catalytic" to mean a stimulus and deduce "nirvana" to mean 'trained responses' - in karate we call this 'Zen shin' or 'awareness'.

It's also fundamental to Greek thought to 'know thyself'; Socratic method doesn't work without it (Socrates was also a warrior).

[marco]

he philosophy of Wing Chun says that you have to choose the fight and the battles of your life very cleverly. You have to be smart and wise. The fighting skills you need to have must be catalytic to nirvana. By allowing and giving you the opportunity to reach a high level of character and self-confidence, the skills of yours have to provide you with peace in your head. To do so, they have to eliminate all the insecurities and give you the will and the ability to be peaceful and in a harmony with others and most importantly, with your own self.
Source: http://gowingchun.com/category/philosophy

Nothing wrong with this except that "choosing a fight" and "living in peace" seem to be contradictory. But very often the best wisdom consists of apparent contradiction; we discard our life in order to gain it.

Knowing yourself is a wonderful dictum. Most of us think we do.