The process of learning KungFu is comparable to schooling; we can divide it into three stages, each stage requiring three years of more of training. The first stage is basic works; the second stage is to consolidate; the third is the refining and evolving it to perfection.

Foundation building in KungFu is imperative as it is to a building project. A building's height is governed by it s foundation. It would be disastrous if we attempt to erect a high rise building on a foundation that was mean to hold up a small house. In order to have a sound foundation for KungFu, we must do it from ground level up; that is the first stage of learning. With a solid foundation, we can absorb advanced lessons without feeling the strains.

It is on this belief; KungFu practitioners of the past paid much attention to foundation building. It is common for them to spend up to several years on building this foundation before the first punch was thrown.

Just like schooling, we enter from the elementary level gradually progress to higher and higher level. But unlike schooling in which gifted students may skip a stage, in KungFu we cannot skip any part of it. KungFu is directly connected with developing physical ability, we cannot rush it, and on the contrary, we might be required to repeat a stage over and over again if we are behind in our work until proper development is realized.

This is the testing part of KungFu as in the basic stage, we must keep up with the practice regardless of weather, personal hardship, and there can be no respite.

Nothing is insurmountable, KungFu is not an exception. A good instructor and resolute determination to learn plus daily incessant work is the road to success. There is NO SHORT CUT, as a day's work adds an edge to the total achievement; a month's work adds a bigger margin; the more we practice, the more beneficial it is to us.