What's hot? Recommendation for NYC schools

[J]

With the success movies like "Crouching Tiger/Hidden Tiger" and "Matrix", what's
hot? Are there new fads sweeping the nation in kung fu or martial arts?

What are the best martial arts schools in NYC to try? Please recommend schools to visit and try out.

What should one look for at these schools? How should one judge the instructor and school?

I'm helping with research on an article. Any replies would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
J

[kull]

I would like to know too.

[meltdawn]

There are a million schools. You want northern or southern? Shao Lin or Mo Dong? Internal or external? Something to show off to your friends or something to kill your enemies?

Therefore judging how a master teaches is subject to how and what the student wants to learn.

Do you like a big friendly class, or more one on one? Would you attend one class a week and practice ferociously on your own, or go every other day, like a gymnasium? The range of kung fu in NYC runs the gamut. You can find anything you want, if you know what you want. And then you can change your mind and start all over somewhere else. ;)

I'm surprised all the NYCers on this board have not stepped up to promote their schools, especially since you indicate this may end up in print. Well, I'll promote a couple of styles, though I can't give first-hand information on the mechanics within the classrooms.

Kwong Man Fong - pak mei
Yip Wing Hung - lung ying
Joe Cheung - lung ying
Ken Lo - wu mei
"DF" - mantis (you teach, right?)

For other stuff, I'll put out the word for friends.
Bill Wong - Yang taiji
Henry Gong - long fist

"Waiting is bad." - Musashi

DF=Hung Ga


"moving at the wrong time is worse" - Me

[J]

Hi Meltdawn,

Thanks for the response. I know there are many schools in NYC. This is why I'm asking for recommendations. I am not in NYC so I'd like to use the forum as a resource for my friend. She's doing research for an article.

All of those questions that you asked about what one looks for in a system, are the type of questins that would be addressed in the article.

Can someone please provide some addresses/phone numbers for the sifus listed by Meltdawn? If you know the school name, my friend can look in the phone book as well.

Does anyone know some northern systems as well? The article needs to be balanced and "Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon"/HK movies tend to be contemporary wushu. Any wushu schools?

Thanks for the help and I hope others will pitch in.

J

PS. DF is from Tang Fung lineage of Hung Gar.
How about a school address/phone# from the Yee clan

[meltdawn]

D-

I knew that, I am sorry, major typo, Mantis on the brain!

"editing one's own posts is good" - me

"Waiting is bad." - Musashi

[tenchi]

If she gets a yellow pages and goes around I am sure she can get a lot of places from jkd to wu tai chi.

[phantom]

I have yet to find a monkey kung fu school in NYC. Does anybody know of one?

[DF]

Thanks meltdawn for thinking of me.
Here I go with the shameful self promotion of our schools. Queens NY Fernando Calderon

Brooklyn Peter Berman
Manhattan Chinatown Joseph Demundo
Chelsea Matt Blazon

Staten Island Bill Fong

New Jersey Cliffton Pedro Cepero

Westfield Tony Franco

Also one of Pedro's disciple Clevon has a school in NJ as well.

If you need more info just email me at dixon_hungga@hotmail.com

DF

[mantis7]

there is monkey boxing in ny... Guys look for it.. try china town park on saturdays in the mourning to noon.. you have a few of the elderly men there that teach family members only ... I have seen bak mei... monkey. mantis and other systems that I am not to familiar with, alot of wing chun and even once I have had the chance to touch hands with a elder that said he studied beggars style, but unfortunatly he refused to teach , said he wasnt good enough to teach and to old...

I had a chance to learn a lil mantis from the toi san province from my best friends grand father... it resemble southern mantis..

but any way I digress there are monkey practioners here in the ny but getting them to open up is going to be a challenege


Victor :eek:

[kull]

There is a NYC pak mei school still?? Does anyone know address?

Kwong Man Fong, name sounds very familiar.

[Shaolin Master]

5th generation inheritor apparently learning direct from the man himself Chueng Lai Chun
Knows BM in its entiety.

Well it is this guy on the link below

http://www.mindspring.com/~ablau/

He produced a video on Sup Ji Kuen.

Regards

Shi Chan Long

[Sam]

Try www.buddhapalm.com (http://www.buddhapalm.com)

[ngokfei]

hope this helps

ying jow pai - northern eagle claw
& Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan
40 west 27th street 4th floor (off 6th ave)
212-213-8805

Yee's Hung GA Kung Fu Academy - chelsea branch
150 west 28th street (between 6th 7 7th ave)
212-366-6569

NY Kung Fu & Kickboxing - Lama Style Kung Fu
43 West 24th Street - 3b
212-242-2453

Chau's Wu Mei Kung Fu School
25th Street between 6 & 7th ave
212-633-8865

Chow's Wing chun
in Manhattan
(914) 234-0281

Wu Tang MA Society - Tai Chi, Bagua, Xing Yi
in manhattan
212-533-1751

Bo Law Kung fu - Hung Ga, Shaolin - Hak Fu Moon
385 Broadway
925-3339

Chinse Kung Wu Shu School
28 West 27th Street
212-725-0535

H. Won Tai Chi Institute
30 West 32nd Street
212-594-3860

Kan Victor Classical Wing Chun
128 Mott Street
625-9819

Northeastern Tai Chi Assoc
163 west 23rd street
741-1922

Praying Mantis Kung Fu
31 West 34thStreet
563-7927

Northern Style Fan Tzi Chuan & Tung Bei
516-921-0627

Sifu ralph mitchell - southern mantis
718-209-0843 - brooklyn

siz harmony martial arts - wing chun, xing yi chen tai chi chuan
232 7th ave and 23rd street
727-0714

thats it for now

[J]

Thanks!!

Eric, I really appreciate you taking the time to find and write all of this information for me. I'll forward it to my friend.

DF, thanks for the info.

Thanks to everyone else for responding.

Cheers,
J

[kull]

Yes i do know who Kwong Man Fong is, I didn't recognize the english translation of his name. I met him back in early 80's late 70's back in NYC when i was in school here. It been long time he little older look now, but i remember the face, he was very good kungfu when i saw him back then.

Thanks!