Listing all the reasons here would go beyond the scope of this short editorial, but let me say this much: I do not call my WT "Inner" WT because I purport to work with superhuman or mysterious forces.

I use the term "inner" to describe the way and sequence in which I teach. After all, inner and outer are not really opposites, they are both necessary and together form a whole.
My personal teaching begins inside, and progresses from inside to outside.
This is to emphasise that I do not "really" begin with movements of the body, but rather with movements of our mindfulness.

However, this always also requires movement of the body, for what else should my mindfulness be mindful of.
I could start with being mindful of my breathing. In WT I begin with awareness of my muscular feelings in the simple 3rd set of the SiuNimTau form.

If I or my student can do this, I move on to dextrous movements of the torso. Movements that have been familiar to mankind for millions of years. My mindfulness is then directed at these dextrous movements, recognising variations and increasingly understanding the function.
Anybody who is unable to follow these thoughts immediately, or does not immediately understand the sense and advantages of such training based on mindfulness, is in the position I was once in.

If we are not talking about sport but rather life or death, then training led by mindfulness is the method of first choice.
By "mindfulness" I do not mean the awareness most often associated with compassion, constancy and consideration for others. These too are desirable, but they are not the Samurai-like mindfulness that I mean.

If you were to look into the wide-awake eyes of my friend, the weapons grandmaster Bill Newman when he is in action, he would not need to explain what he does:
"I don't really teach blade-fighting, I teach mindfulness!"

Best wishes
Your SiFu/SiGung
Keith R. Kernspecht