Lion's Roar - Chan-Fat-Fu
Any of you guys know of Chan-Fat-Fu in HK? He is well known for his Choy-Lay-Fut but also claims knowledge in 'Lion's Roar'. He was a very cose friend of Harry Ng-Yim-Ming. In the early 1970's his student Lau-Char-Chu taught Lion's Roar in HK and was the self defence instructor to Stanley high Security prison staff - HK. Chans forms are very different to the usual ones, with different names. He is also a friend of GM KU-Chi-Wai of Atlanta. Seems taht he may have learned from Ng-Yim-Ming or at least 'exchanged' with him. Chan uses the Si-Ji-Hao name rather than Hop-Gar. Here in the UK it has been practiced and taught for about thirty years now.
do any of u know if wong yan lam and wong fei hung knew each other
i read a couple years ago in a article fei hung gave the tiger claw and yan lam gave the long fists......ANY IDEA
Sifu's need not to show favouritism
Hi Ego,
hmmm...I think for some sifu at least, the ones who teach fulltime and rely on kung fu to make a living will be more likely to not show favouritism etc. Just makes 'business' sense.
I think a story might interest you tho'. One of my sifu teaches upon the basis of ability and dedication. He also taught me one-on-one. he also was very kind to offer me a place to stay if i needed it, dinner, lunch etc. He gave this to me without asking me to pay a cent. After being taught for the better part of three months, i offerred him a red envelope which he originally refused telling me to pay him next time as he knew i didn't hve permanent employment.
I am very grateful for the guidance and teaching he has given and continues to give me. he also doesn't accept everyone as students. He explained to me that this is because he doesn't rely on teaching kung fu to make his income. he has another business. he teaches kung fu out of devotion and belief in the style and because of a promise he made. Anyway, simply said, he is incredible.
:)
888
moo seut, moo yeh, and mo hak.
moo- seut(WuShu in mandarin) is, from my translation, Martial(moo) Skill(Seut) rather than Martial Arts. When skill is progressed to the motion that is so fluid that might look like even dancing, we call that 'ARTS'n cuz it is an ART!!!.
However, there's what we call contemporary WuShu, what some ppl say as Martial Arts, it is definitely fun to watch. and i know serious WuShu players spend tremendous time training, and they have a great athletic ability. i really respect them for that. but my point here is that..... can we still call them a martial artist? cuz they-serious WuShu Competitor- spend more time on how to get better mark on competition rather than how to use that in the real fight or where the power comes from.
that's when i think about the true meaning of MA, i have trained as a national WuShu Player for Asian Games, and i have reasonable(?) count of street fighting experience enough to know Fist is useful, but not good enough against FireArms....
so i came into a conclusion that it is 'Moo HAK'!!!
For me MartialArts is something that helps me being better as a human-being, so i can be more humble, more understanding and happier.....
i think it takes time and experience to come to this conclusion.
And ur surroundings(environment) also matters a lot for y u train!!!
i hope u guys r all happy and get well!!!
GOOD LUCK!
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