Wu would rise in the middle of the night to practice on his own. "But I was really practicing blind at that time. I was trying to just pick up difficult techniques on my own. I didn't realize that real skill took discipline, and ended up learning things all the wrong way."
吳興國就這樣半夜起來練私功，「那時真是瞎練，只懂得用蠻力，總以為把大槍耍得風雨不透就很厲害，不知使力是有規矩的，反而練出一身邪魔歪道！」