"Na Dimensão Kung Fu não existe mágica" – teria dito Grão-Mestre Leo Imamura quando comentei com ele, empolgado, sobre um determinado processo que parecia ter se dado de maneira "mágica". Na ocasião, não entendi muito bem, afinal, estava apenas dramatizando minha história. Mas, recentemente, talvez tenha conseguido compreender melhor o que ele quis dizer. Acontece que, desde dezembro, vinha conversando com ele e com o Mestre Fabio Gomes sobre o início do COMANDOS Marcelo Alves (foto acima), veterano do Exército Brasileiro no Programa Ving Tsun Experience. Marcelo é uma pessoa com muita experiência de vida e também com experiência junto ao Mestre Fabio Gomes, com quem vem desenvolvendo um trabalho muito especial ao longo dos últimos 25 anos, junto às Forças de Operações Especiais e equipes de segurança de forma geral. O Comandos Marcelo Alves assiste ao Mestre Fabio em suas instruções em diferentes cenários, bem diferentes dos de um "Mo Gun", mas esse Comandos ainda não havia iniciado formalmente sua "Jornada Kung Fu". Portanto, depois de muita conversa, iniciamos esse trabalho logo após o Ano Novo Chinês, na residência do Mestre Fabio Gomes, onde fomos gentilmente recebidos pela Sra. Adriana Lima, esposa do Mestre Fabio, que nos ofereceu um café da manhã.
Since December, I had been speaking with him and Master Fabio Gomes about the beginning of COMANDOS Marcelo Alves (pictured above), a veteran of the Brazilian Army in the Ving Tsun Experience Programme. Marcelo is a person with a wealth of life experience, as well as experience alongside Master Fabio Gomes, with whom he has been developing a very special work over the last 25 years with Special Operations Forces and security teams in general. The Commandos Marcelo Alves assists Master Fabio in his instructions in various scenarios, which are quite different from those of a "Mo Gun", but this Commandos had not yet formally started his "Kung Fu Journey". Therefore, after much discussion, we began this work shortly after the Chinese New Year at Master Fabio Gomes' residence, where we were kindly received by Mrs Adriana Lima, Master Fabio's wife, who offered us breakfast.
In some way, for every class I schedule with Marcelo Alves, none of my invited disciples are able to attend. It seems that something always happens. For this reason, I have had a very special opportunity to teach these classes alone, without anyone guiding or assisting me. However, it is in no way similar to when I first started as a professional in 2008. I have been able to clearly perceive the results of accompanying Grandmaster Leo Imamura in the classes of the Ving Tsun Experience Programme in São Paulo. He never does anything off the cuff; we meet beforehand for coffee, and if we arrive early at the Institute, he asks those present to work among themselves on the topic of the class. When the class begins, he defines the order in which each tutor will approach their student. He observes carefully how each person is performing, commenting to those on the outside what is working well or not in the ongoing work, in a manner that allows us to improve when it is our turn. Furthermore, when we conclude our round, he comes to us and always respectfully comments on what is not quite right. Another important aspect is the presence and manifestation of martiality from the very first moment of Level 1 of the Ving Tsun Experience Programme. Perhaps this is why, at the end of the last class, I sent a message to Grandmaster Leo Imamura, deeply moved by what had just taken place. Perhaps you, the reader, may not understand, but the feeling of dedicating oneself to something and seeing the results is indescribable. Because, many times, it seems as though everything happens to prevent me from going to São Paulo or Brasília once again... You see, it is not like going to the neighbouring district. Many people believe that, because I do not have children or a wife, this process is made easier, but it is not quite like that. Every individual has a specific complexity in their life, and it manifests itself whenever we are in a process of self-improvement. If you do not have a very clear purpose when your mind asks you "What for?" or "Why?", you are lost. And in our business that is the "field of emotion", where there are no trophies or substantial financial gains, and instability churns your stomach, your answer to these questions must be very coherent.
Por isso, na última aula dada a Marcelo, em seu trabalho, ele me perguntou gentilmente: "Você acha que terminamos antes das 16h?"- O relógio marcava três minutos para as 15h, então eu respondi que sim, afinal, caberia a mim arbitrariamente encerrar a aula no limite do horário. Havíamos almoçado antes, e agora estávamos ali. O Programa Ving Tsun Experience tem seu material constantemente atualizado e deixa claro, por exemplo, a diferença entre "Intencionalidade estratégica" e "objetivo". Além disso, não adianta você ler e replicar o que está na apostila; é fundamental você ter a experiência, como eu sigo tendo, de assistir a alguém que entenda este Programa e possa orientá-lo sobre como melhorar. Afinal, "Mobilização" é um processo bem diferente de "Tutorização" e vice-versa. Por isso, tínhamos dois fatores fundamentais ali: o desejo do Marcelo de dar o seu melhor, completamente coerente com a educação por investimento, e o meu novo preparo. Com isso, encerramos a aula de maneira breve, pois já havíamos contemplado a intencionalidade. Marcelo sorria largamente, e eu olhei para o meu relógio: "15:22h". - "P*** que p****" - pensei. Fiquei emocionado por dentro. Eu nem tinha olhado para o relógio, e não havia mais nada a fazer ali. - "Thiago, parece que eu corri 60 km", disse Marcelo, animado e com um largo sorriso, e prosseguiu: "Parece que passaram várias horas". Eu ainda estava em silêncio, pensando nos vinte minutos. Eu não tinha conduzido aquela aula em vinte minutos porque eu quis; ela tinha acontecido assim porque deveria. E ali, eu e Marcelo, tomando consciência do tempo cronológico, sentíamos o estranho efeito da passagem do tempo dentro do "Tempo emocional". - "Bom, eu vou tomar um café, como você está ocupado..." - comentei, sendo interrompido por Marcelo. - "Não, pô! Como acabou bem antes das 16h, eu vou tomar café com você!" E lá fomos nós para o pós-evento .That’s why, in the last lesson I gave to Marcelo, during his work, he kindly asked me: “Do you think we’ll finish before 4 p.m.?” The clock showed three minutes to 3 p.m., so I replied that yes, as it would be up to me to arbitrarily end the class at the scheduled time. We had had lunch earlier, and now we were there. The Ving Tsun Experience Programme regularly updates its material and makes it clear, for example, the difference between "strategic intentionality" and "objective." Moreover, it is no use reading and replicating what is in the booklet; it is essential to have the experience, as I continue to have, of watching someone who understands this Programme and can guide you on how to improve. After all, "Mobilisation" is a very different process from "Tutoring", and vice versa. Therefore, there were two key factors at play: Marcelo's desire to give his best, completely in line with education through investment, and my new preparation. With this, we concluded the lesson briefly, as we had already addressed the intentionality. Marcelo smiled broadly, and I glanced at my watch: "15:22". – "Bloody hell," I thought. I was moved inside. I hadn’t even looked at the watch, and there was nothing more to be done at that point. – "Thiago, it feels like I’ve run 60km," said Marcelo excitedly, continuing, "It feels like hours have passed." I was still silent, reflecting on the twenty minutes. I hadn’t conducted that lesson in twenty minutes because I wanted to; it had happened that way because it was meant to. And there, Marcelo and I, becoming aware of chronological time, felt the strange effect of the passage of time within "Emotional Time." – "Well, I’ll have a coffee, but since you’re busy..." I commented, only to be interrupted by Marcelo. – "No, mate! Since it finished well before 4 p.m., I’ll have coffee with you!" - And off we went to the post-event.
Master Thiago Pereira
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