It is of paramount importance that a beginning student first develop self-confidence and learn alternatives to using force to dissuade a potential physical encounter. These skills combine the very best principles of sport Judo throws and hold downs. Also many Aikido escapes, constraint and submission skills are taught to a beginner student to avoid teaching them any dangerous combative skills that could be used offensively by an impulse-ridden beginning student. The student's safety is always highly assured. The Art frees its practioners to be more creative mentally, gaining more flexibility, grace and range of movement physically.
Negative emotions can give way to a feeling of ease, patience and harmony.
For more than 30 years, Three Zone Training methods have been field-tested with thousands of young students in some of the best public and private schools in the United States. The student should realize that there are three stages of Yon Ch'uan practice. In the First Stage the Mind teaches Conscious Body Reaction which is extremely slow. This is the stage of learning new Yon Ch'uan movement skills. Quickness is developed from a relaxed posture, not a tense posture.