Duncan Leung

[churn-ging]

Because mun hung brought up the Duncan Leung seminar, I remembered that he also has a series of tapes out too.

I was wondering if anyone on here has seen the tapes and what they thought of it because I am interested in getting the whole set if they are really that good.

What I'm interested in is:
1. does it have good fighting drills?
2. does it have good drills for closing the gap?
3. is everything explained clearly as to way you would do things that way?
4. does he explain things in good detail?
5. is the quality of the film good?
i.e. can you see the techniques clearly and is it shown from different angles?

I would really love everybodies input on this.

[churn-ging]

Has anyone seen Sifu Duncan Leung's videos? Are they any good and are they worth the money?

I just hope that its not another forms video where they show the three hand forms and different ways to do pak da drills or tan da drills. I'm more interested in seeing fighting drills.

Also, if anyone on here has trained with him before, what do you think of his techniques? Do they work and are they effective while under pressure? I saw some clips of his students training and the techniques they were using look awesome and very effective. That's why I'm interetesed in getting his videos.

[KPM]

I have his first two videos. They are pretty good. He stands in front of the camera and talks as if he was addressing you personally. Good mix of theory, forms, drills, and fighting applications. Pretty good fighting drills with participants in protective gear. Some of the better tapes on WCK that I have seen.


Keith

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I have seen his first video. I agree with KPM on all points. I appreciate that he explains _why_ he does what he does.

[Phil Redmond]

Duncan Leung is a very good teacher and his videos show it.

[cerebus]

Just a quick curiosity question. After having looked at Duncan Leung's website and having seen various articles in magazines with pics of him, I have to wonder, does this man ever smile? I can't seem to find a single picture of him anywhere in which he isn't looking entirely grave and stone-faced. I mean c'mon, he MUST smile sometime! Has anyone ever seen the guy look happy? :confused:

[Mr Punch]

Don't be ridiculous, wing chun teachers never smile. That frown's a fourth form technique to keep the jaw and neck muscles strong. They'll never pass it on though, so maybe the next generation will be smiling slack-jawedly all they like. There was a smiling fifth form, but Yip Man only taught it to his bank manager so the secret has died with him.

[Mr Punch]

:D

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****, I'll never make it the big time with lousy technique like that...

[FooFighter]

Cerebus,

Please do not get the wrong impression about Sifu Duncan Leung. Sibak Duncan Leung is a friendly and open person. He does smile and laugh but he is a serious dude, especially about his wing chun. Sibak has his own personality and own temperament. In any case, I think most traditional chinese sifus are not the smiling type when they are being photograph.

Bao

[cerebus]

Well, I've always known that he is a top-notch sifu, and I'm sure he must smile and laugh sometimes, but I've always wondered why I've never seen a pic where he doesn't look like he's ready to end someone's life.... :D Was hoping that he's not quite so serious ALL the time. ;)

[Vio]

Duncan Leung is the man, i'd train at his place if I had the chance. Alive Wing Chun.

[Hitman]

Dear all,
I am thinking about buying Sifu Duncan Leung's DVD on wing chun. Is it possible for you to give me some information about them?
1. running time of the DVD, e.g. 1/2 hours or 45 minutes per DVD.
2. Give clear explanation regarding the all forms, e.g. application and principles of wing chun.
3. Is it value for money? I got some DVDs which give demonstration of the forms, but not how to use it.
For instance Sifu Wong Sheun Leung's 1/2 hour tape on wing chun is a good film. This is because I can understand and see wing chun being demonstrated. While other wing chun DVD l got show me very little about wing chun, but a lot about Thai boxing!
4. quality of the DVD. This is because I got some DVD that were shot in dark rooms and I could not see a thing.


Please note that I am not expecting to learn wing chun from DVD or a book. I just want to know if those DVD would help me to understand wing chun better.

Thank you

[Indian Giver]

I have seen Duncal Leung's videos, and they are good. You may also like to check Samuel Kwok's new DVD series "Mastering Wing Chun - The keys to Ip Man's Kung Fu" from Empire Media. There is a set of three:

1 Siu Lim Tao - and applications
2. Chum Kiu - and applications
3 Biu Gee - and applications

They are very good and only $24.95 each. There is a link to buyuing the videos at the bottom of the opening page of the Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun Association web site www.ipmanwingchun.com (http://www.ipmanwingchun.com)

[WoodenYummy]

Hey everyone,

I am curious what your thoughts are on Duncan Leung's lineage of Wing Chun. I really don't know anything about him, but he does have a school located near a friend of mine who is interested in WC. So I was curious what other's experience has been with him or his schools. Thanks in advance for sharing!

[Phil Redmond]

Hey everyone,

I am curious what your thoughts are on Duncan Leung's lineage of Wing Chun. I really don't know anything about him, but he does have a school located near a friend of mine who is interested in WC. So I was curious what other's experience has been with him or his schools. Thanks in advance for sharing!
Duncan's a fighter and a good Sifu.

[TenTigers]

Duncan's WC is my personal fave. Fast, aggressive, strong, and always hands-on, and pressure testing. Great conditioning as well.

[kung fu fighter]

Duncan's wing chun has the most comprehensive san sao techniques of any other Yip Man students that I have seen, which serves as a vital bridge between chi sao and actual fighting. Except for TWC Yip Man's other students mainly concentrate on chi sao techniques and drills at close range after the gap has been closed. in my opinion Duncan's wing chun is the closest to mainland wing chun of all Yip Man's HK students, except they used a wider stance to compansate for structure. Even Sifu Lun Kai(one of yip man's mainland student) was impressed with Duncan's video.

[Sihing73]

Hello,

I just heard that Sifu Duncan Leung has had a Heart Attack.

This is not confirmed but I wanted to pass it on here so those who wish can pray for him and his family.

If anyone has some concrete info to share please feel free to do so here.

[HybridWarrior]

Hello,

I just heard that Sifu Duncan Leung has had a Heart Attack.

This is not confirmed but I wanted to pass it on here so those who wish can pray for him and his family.

If anyone has some concrete info to share please feel free to do so here.


Thank you for this information. He is in our thoughts and prayers.

[Vajramusti]

Thank you for this information. He is in our thoughts and prayers.
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Really sorry to hear that. I hope that he recovers well.The first generation of Ip Man students
has lost quite a few members. Ho Kam Ming is in his late 80s now. I hope that he is around to correct a few people for a while.

[KPM]

Thanks for the heads up! I've never met him, but have wanted to for a long time. My thoughts are with him.

[Dragonhand]

Get well soon SiFu!

[GeneChing]

Anyone know any more about this Tencent forum?


Kung fu master wings his way to success (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201910/30/WS5db8d8d2a310cf3e3557456e.html)
By Wang Kaihao | China Daily | Updated: 2019-10-30 08:26

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During the forum that hails Chinese martial arts, two of Duncan Leung Shiu-hung's disciples display the techniques of Wing Chun.[Photo provided to China Daily]

When Duncan Leung Shiu-hung takes to the stage to deliver a speech in Beijing to share his decades of experience promoting Wing Chun, a southern Chinese form of kung fu, the man from Hong Kong says: "I'm a practitioner of martial arts, not someone good at talking."

As a keynote speaker invited by streaming platform Tencent to a recent forum on the contemporary significance of kung fu, Leung has a resume that would make the younger generations envious. As a childhood friend of Bruce Lee, Leung, at age 13, was introduced to Ip Man, the Wing Chun master. That meeting followed years of intense training and Ip taught him to realize the importance of adopting kung fu as a practical skill, rather than as a means to show off.

"Ip told me: 'If you cannot use kung fu in battle, why bother learning it?'" says Leung, now 77. "During social upheaval, kung fu can help us protect ourselves. But in the current era of peace and stability, we can use kung fu to build up our strength. It was never meant to be 'performed' in the first place."

Nevertheless, thanks to Lee's films, kung fu gained a global following during the 1960s. For most Americans, kung fu remained a mystery, and they had no idea where to learn it.

Leung, who moved to New York in the early 1970s, then decided to open a martial arts school in the city, which was soon crowded with visitors.

"People kept coming to the school because they wanted to learn more about Bruce Lee, and not because they were attracted to Wing Chun per se," he says with a smile.

Still, Leung considered cross-cultural communication as essential to spreading a deeper understanding of kung fu, rather than relying on the way it was depicted on the screen.

"Martial arts are a key cultural root for us Chinese," he says. "It's also an important intangible property in Chinese culture. We have to preserve it and ensure it's recognized around the world.

"Popularizing kung fu in other countries can't be done by one person only; every martial artist needs to contribute."

Sometimes it needs an opportunity to arise, just like they do in Bruce Lee's movies. Leung's opportunity finally arrived when a scuffle broke out in a restaurant where he was dining. He narrowly missed being shot twice, yet quelled the tense situation with his bare hands in front of two police officers. News of this encounter swept New York like wildfire. He was even invited to train police officers in the art of Wing Chun. The course later expanded to special force units of the US Navy, and earned him great acclaim.

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Wing Chun master Duncan Leung Shiu-hung speaks at a recent forum on kung fu in Beijing.[Photo provided to China Daily]
Nevertheless, cultural differences were still common. Leung recalls that while his Chinese apprentices would never question their masters according to Chinese tradition, many of their US counterparts would do so regularly.

"I was often asked 'Why?' when I taught the Americans. They wanted to satisfy their curiosity before they agreed with what I was saying," Leung says.

In recent years, Leung has frequently returned to China to launch Wing Chun courses in the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong. There he found that the traditional master-apprentice relationship had also changed, and many young Chinese who come to learn martial arts now tend to ask questions, too.

Leung shared his decades of experience in his 2018 book, 60 Years of Wing Chun, which got a rating of 9.3 out of 10 on review site Douban for its relevance to younger practitioners.

And the guru who once used to shun the movie limelight has changed tack and embraced the idea for the sake of spreading the message about Wing Chun in his homeland.

During the shoot for The Grandmaster, the 2013 biopic about Ip Man, he recruited Tony Leung Chiuwai, the Hong Kong film star, as his student.

"I didn't expect him to take it so seriously," Duncan Leung says. "However, he really did, and the film turned out to be a success."

But he did not agree with everything in the production.

"In real Wing Chun, you don't have as complicated movements as you see in the movie," he says. "But the audience is king-so what choice do we have?"

The Grandmaster is considered to be one of the best kung fu films in recent years. It scored 7.9 points out of 10 on Douban, and was widely acclaimed by many moviegoers.

Duncan Leung's another wellknown student is Xu Haofeng, the Beijing film director known for his kung fu in art-house style, like The Master (2015).

"I learned a lot from Leung, who in turn learned it from Ip Man," Xu says. "If you really go deeper in kung fu, you will find it is essentially about morals and rituals, not violence. It can also hone a person's patience and wisdom."

To Xu's delight, his master agreed to be the martial arts consultant of his next movie, where he persuaded Duncan Leung to appear in a cameo.

Speaking at the forum, celebrated martial-arts blogger Wang Xiaolei, says: "In China, martial arts are connected with chivalry and justice, and also has cultural connotations with patriotism.

"However, kung fu is also often portrayed as something purely metaphysical and spiritual."

"I could feel Leung Shiu-hung's confidence as I watched his movements," says the online critic who also goes by the pseudonym of Liushen Leilei. "He taught people today to stand on solid ground."

Xiong Liang, a cartoonist for children's books, also shares his experiences of practicing martial arts while attending the forum.

"After learning kung fu, one may become more responsible about his or her work. Young people won't keep complaining and may think through their own problems," he says. "It will also help them to be more open-minded in interpersonal relationships."