Wingchunkuen.com Server Change

[reneritchie]

Wingchunkuen.com will be down while I transfer it to a new server. I'm not sure how long the transfer will take, as I will be experimenting with several options, but in the meantime, you can access the subsites via:

http://www.wckf.net/archives/
http://www.wckf.net/sumnung/
http://www.wckf.net/chusauli/
http://www.wckf.net/chisim/
http://www.wckf.net/wsl/
http://www.wckf.net/yikkam/

Likewise, since the info@wingchunkuen.com address won't be working, either contact me via reneritchie@netscape.net

[taltos]

Good luck with the transfer. I moved a site of mine from one server to another back in December, and since the directory structure wasn't identical, it was a royal pain to get all of the interactive stuff and many links to function properly again.

I feel your pain (or what pain may be coming).

-Levi

[reneritchie]

Hi Levi,

Thanks. It will probably be a very different structure, and a headache and a half, but then, what involving computers isn't? 8)

BTW- If anyone has any suggestions for differences in focus/implementation, now would be one of the best times to let me know.

[reneritchie]

ttt found the new host, hopefully back online soon.

[KenWingJitsu]

:D

[reneritchie]

http://wingchunkuen.com is now operating on its new server. I've got the archives (with a couple new pieces) up and running, and http://chusaulei.com up and running again as well. More content, and new content, will be added as time permits.

As always, all comments and feedback, positive and negative, welcome,

[yuanfen]

Rene-
My screen said- page cannot be displayed.!!

[reneritchie]

Typo on my part, I fixed it. Sorry!

[John Weiland]

Hi Rene,

Congratulations on getting your website (http://wingchunkuen.com) and Robert's (http://chusaulei.com) up and running again.

Just one nit; you left my name off the list of masters. :p And what's Bruce Lee doing there? You going commercial on us? :p

All the best,

[reneritchie]

Hi John,

Thanks. Robert's will probably turn more and more into a TCM site as that is where he is devoting most of his time nowadays.

I apologize for the dastardly error of ommission that left you off both the master's and the founder's list. I will try very hard to rectify that in the next life 8)

As to St. Bruce he gave YMWCK a huge boost internationally, and combined with the "kung-fu craze" inspired many to take up the art. Master, being a broad catagory, seemed to be a good place to tip the ol bandana to him.

[John Weiland]

Originally posted by reneritchie
I apologize for the dastardly error of ommission that left you off both the master's and the founder's list. I will try very hard to rectify that in the next life 8)

Fine. I'll wait patiently then. :)


As to St. Bruce he gave YMWCK a huge boost internationally, and combined with the "kung-fu craze" inspired many to take up the art. Master, being a broad catagory, seemed to be a good place to tip the ol bandana to him.
I too have a fondness for St. Bruce. I don't lump him in with the Wing Chun monkeys to whom I tip a banana. :p

Regards,

[captain]

R and R,you put up that fantastic Sum Nung article.great!but,
please tell me that FSC once [atleast once] worked as a bounty hunter!!!!!!!!!!
Russ.

[reneritchie]

It was published in China that he worked as Bo-Tao which is an arresting officer, or someone who tracked down and brought criminals to justice. They said his reputation was so fierce still today criminals cringe at his name.

Fung Siu-Ching sijo live a long life, and times then weren't as they are now. A martial artist didn't have to have a lifelong career at the same thing every day. Some did, but others worked at body guards for traders, arresting officers for local law enforcement, were hired to protect villages from bandits, etc., were hired to teach wealthy people, etc. If they needed money (often if they didn't come from a rich family).

Fung Siu-Ching seems to have been one of those with a range of occupations over the course of his life. First he was apprenticed at the Dragon & Phoenix Embroidery Shop, then apprenticed to Dai Fa Min Kam on the Opera boats, then he taught Weng Chun Kuen in Foshan to the Dong children and Tang Suen, and others.

Yuen Kay-San was supposedly introduced to Fung by a high-ranking family member for whom Fung had been a body guard at one point.

70 years is a long life. Of course, the Chinese love their martial "fishing stories" and its not uncommon to pad the lives of everyone and their sibak, but with the written and annecdotal references, its probably safe to say he did work as an arresting officer for at least a time. And if not, it's part of the story anyway.