I remembered that quote because while I was recently studying my personal copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, something amazing happened.
I had been working on many of the foundational principles and techniques contained in Volume I when all of a sudden, a pattern jumped out at me.
It hit me like a left hook. There, right on the pages in front of my face, was the formula for success in mastering anything in the martial arts.
I got very excited and then I started laughing. "Wow", I thought to myself, "The Shaolin Masters wrote these ten volumes and while writing them, revealed the secret to how to master them.
But, just like a Chinese master, they didn't come out and tell me; they left it there in plain sight for me to learn on my own. Unbelievable."
It made me think back to many of the Martial Arts masters that I have been lucky enough to train with and almost all of them had done the same thing.
They would make sure that I had the pieces to a technique, and then could perform it on a person, but only after I had shown patience, persistence and performance, did they reveal the other critical ingredients and put me on the path to mastery.
Bruce Lee, who studied the Chinese arts for many, many years before developing Jeet Kun Do, understood this. The Shaolin Temple, which has been training martial artists for over fifteen hundred years, understood this.
The Warrior Monks of the Shaolin Temple knew that true mastery in the martial arts is about understanding. Understanding techniques, understanding principles, and more importantly, understanding oneself.
If you haven't started on the path to mastery, I suggest you go to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com NOW and get your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.
This is the first of the ten volumes of the written recorded history of the legendary Shaolin Temple of China. Over fifteen hundred years of martial arts expertise and instruction, translated to English and available for the very first time.
Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I contains detailed, step-by-step instruction on different laws and principles of combat as well as the foundational techniques, footwork and movement drills that will form your foundation as you learn and develop in the martial arts.
Get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets,com and get Volume I now. Volume II, which has yet to be released world-wide, is on the horizon but you can't get Volume II until you have Volume I.
Get over there now...and get on the path to mastery.
Best,
William Huff
P.S. - The Shaolin Warrior Monks are outstanding teachers. They understand that to build great martial artists, you have to start with a strong foundation. That's why you must start off with Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com. Without it, you won't be able to move on and study future volumes as they are released.
P.P.S. - Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume II is unbelievable. If you think Volume I was incredible, it's nothing compared to Volume II. You'll have to wait to find out more about what's inside Volume II but I can say this; if you don't have Volume I, get it. You won't be able to understand or use Volume II without all the information contained in Volume I.