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WHD originated from the mind world. So, it is important to understand our mind world and mind power, as this is the eternal world and impacts our daily life and outcome.

A long time ago, I asked Great Grandmaster Han a question. “What can I do if someone in front of me is attempting to shoot me with a gun?”

He answered

“Change his mind.”

At that moment, I realized that we are actually able to use our mind power to change someone’s mind.

I remember when I was training in Korea years ago, visualization was my main method to practice WHD. There were many people in the WHD centre. We were busy so it was very hard for all of us to come together for actual training.

So, what we did was to use visualization in our own time. While meditating, I would focus and visualize myself in my mind training as if in the dojang with others. I could vividly see and feel the movements as real.

I realized that whatever I visualize in my mind had the same effect as the real physical training.

I was fascinated by this. I remember that I was in my car waiting for somebody one day. I was bored so I visualized myself fighting with 20 opponents in my mind. After a while, I was sweating.

Our subconscious mind doesn’t know whether something is real or imagined. Whatever we imagine and visualize is observed as a real happening in our subconscious mind and our body responds accordingly.

A scientific experiment was undertaking of athletes who were asked to visualize the race in detail. The electrical output of their muscles measured the same as if they had physically run the race. This opens up a whole new paradigm in thinking.

Therefore, you can actually train WHD at any time at any place in your mind through this powerful visualization.

I have been developing some meditations to enhance the ability to visualize, and to strengthen our mind power. They will be available to buy in the products page, if that is something that you are interested in.

The circular philosophy of WHD is a combination from the ancient Korean philosophy of living together within a circle of harmony, the philosophy of repeating cycles of nature and human life & the philosophy of circular universal energy that governs all living things.

There is an internal aspect in WHD called circular mind.

The mind world is the real and eternal world. Starting internally the mind expresses outward creating the external and changing world i.e. the circumstances of our life.  

The universe naturally creates harmony as seen in nature, through circular action. The internal mind is the microcosm of the universal mind and therefore ideally expresses as a circular action.

Therefore, the importance of a circular mind is that it naturally can create a harmonious life.

What is a circular mind? The circular mind is reflected in the harmonious cycle of 360 degree movement, creating that wonderful flow of life. Harmony can be created within our circle of life – our relationship with people, nature, places, and events.

If someone attacks with a sharp or direct punch, it reflects their own mind. A circular mind with its corresponding physical action can naturally be unruffled within its circular flow, naturally able to receive it, control it, overcome and move on without harm coming to the attacker or to himself.

Likewise, if that attack is a challenging situation or event, the circular mind allows for an equally unruffled approach, receiving, controlling, flowing or moving around without being adversely effected.

In fact, the circular mind can absorb it without judgment and having a sense of responsibility for the experience can allow it to be dissolved or transformed.

The purpose to train with circular movement is to impact the mind to naturally move in this harmonious way. If the student is only interested in techniques, is there any difference to a linear style of training?

WHD is totally different martial arts. It gives you a way to develop a mind that governs right action. If you have a strong circular mind, it will be reflected in a circular or harmonious approach to dealing with things in your life.

Some people are afraid of being attacked. But that mind is not circular. The mind creates its reality. You may attract the situation that you feared. A perfect circular mind is not concerned with conflict. It gives a balance and energy that attracts like itself. The opportunity to move to a higher mind set is unique to WHD.