With stateside martial arts schools spanning in the 1000s, my goal is to show how philosophy and disciplines inculcated in Wing Tsun Kung Fu can be applied to career opportunities in animal advocacy, such that the audience in a martial arts school may find this article of great use. It is also my hope that you will go on to read the promoted article <<>> at this dofollow link: <<>>. Wing Tsun, like other martial arts, has an ideology. Pen and sword together, the wing symbolizes the circular movements of the “palm”. The kung stands for effort. The goal is to train the physical body, mind and even one’s spirit, through daily exercise and practice, in a way that is self-liberating. You learn to defend yourself in such a way that it is natural and almost second-nature. What I think draws people to Wing Tsun is the same thing that draws people to animal advocacy and animal law for that matter; both are unique employments that provide deep satisfaction because the goal is to be of service to another entity. Wing Tsun requires mental and physical discipline because it is very independent in its approach to form. There is no way to do Wing Tsun wrong; the only way is to do Wing Tsun incorrectly, with no natural, circular movement of the palms, without the development of dynamic stance training…essentially there is a formula of how to do Wing Tsun, which is different from how you might do Taekwondo, for example. Self-defense and animal protection is essential and interconnected because oftentimes, those who harm animals or are intent on stealing an owned animal, can pose a direct threat physically to the animal advocate and those seeking to protect their animals. Imagine wielding a quarterstaff or metal baton in self-defense against those who would mean your animal harm. You need the proper physical skill in self-defense to learn how to do this without inflicting more pain to the animal. You need the right amount of mental discipline and presence – of mind – in order to even think about defending yourself in such a way without harming the animal. How does the animal law lawyer come into play? Well, if you have the technical knowledge and skill to defend yourself and the animal, one would imagine it would make you a better advocate when you testify about animal abuse. A Wing Tsun practitioner is able to negotiate and negotiate effectively. You’d have to see it to believe it. I have gotten my instructor into a negotiation stance before with no effort whatsoever. Boxing is different because they require you to square off. Wing Tsun allows you to keep your hands up to defend yourself. That alone can help in a courtroom, where a witness may be getting aggressive and hostile. I am absolutely bemused by the posturing and yelling tactics that lawyers will use, as seen in the video embedded at this previous post. Some of the Wing Tsun posturing is used to deescalate a confrontation, so I can only imagine how useful that will be. The similarity between Wing Tsun, animal advocacy, fighting for animal rights, and animal law is the idea of maintaining a balance. In the practice of Wing Tsun, one must remember to keep one’s balance, turn the body a certain way, stand with an ideal spread of the feet – this is all to maintain the stability of the body. When you have a lot of emotions associated with animal advocacy and animal law, you can become unbalanced if you are not breathing properly. Breathing properly with both the chest and the stomach is critical in Wing Tsun, just as it is when you “dialogue” with someone who is perhaps guilty of animal cruelty. Your body needs to be strong enough so that the stress doesn’t get to you. This is also true for animal law jobs where long hours and late nights can wreak havoc on your body and mind. Would it not be marvelous to be a Wing Tsun Kung Fu practitioner teaching the public about animal welfare? Or working on animal law jobs, defending animal interests and gaining more rights for nonhuman animals? I know that Wing Tsun can set a strong example by pushing the boundaries of what exists in animal law and animal rights at the present moment. So if you are thinking about martial arts training, or perhaps you are already a martial artist – consider animal law and animal advocacy as a new career. It may even help preserve the Wing Tsun philosophy as animal rights become more integrated into the law.