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Originally posted by Kung Lek
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maybe...maybe not.
For instance, did Chan approach Zink personally and cross hands?
When Grandmaster Chan arrived in California for seminars, Zink did not bother to accomodate him or meet him. Nothing was exchanged.
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I never heard anything like that, what i did notice was that Chan came to the west, set up shop and set out to destroy any competition.
At least, that's how it appeared in print and on his site.
Now, that is new. I have never heard that before, nor do I believe it. Have you ever met the man? This image would change had you done so. But how do you come to this conclusion? What signals this perspective to you?
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Also, what if the issue is a schism/politcal one in regards to Cho Chat? Maybe Cho Chat did learn in that lineage? Chan is teh only one who has stepped forward and decried it so far.
As stated, no Cho Chat Ling is in the original Tai Shing Pek Kwar lineage. Contact the above web site to ask the Monkey King for yourself.
Well, there is a response on Zink's web site, so it does represent his opinion if he allowed it on there.
Silence speaks for itself, so the fact that Zink has not even bothered to contact the authentic school says much about what has happened.
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I mean it's all speculation. And it doesn't speak to either guys skills or credibility except that one does not like the other. Zink hasn't said anything really at his site or elsewhere so far.
No, it is not speculation. Contact the original Tai Shing Pek Kwar school to talk to them through e-mail: http://tspk.com/english/contact_us.htm .
And, yes, Zink has said plenty on his web site. However, trying to get you a link to the actual web page shows that it has been taken down. Still, he allowed text on his site to say that the authentic school is not true. Funny, this Zink: a guy comes from nowhere to claim historic heritage while a historically recorded school claims he is a fake. Hmmm.
In addition, the text on the front page that sates, "Click here to find out more about the official book of the Monkey," also is a product of theft. He used images that were not his to use, nor did he ask permission to use them. The claims he makes in his book are false too, according to the authentic school. I can say more, but I prefer not to name people. A face-to-face conversation on this matter would be far better.
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It would be interesting for this to be settled in such a way that we could all know who teh monkey king is instead of the evasive one (zink) or the overt complainer (Chan)
Uh, there is really only one Monkey King: Grandmaster Chan Sau Chung. That was his title for quite some time before Zink got the same title in print.
And I think that calling a respected martial artist an "overt complainer" is mistaken and far from the point at hand.
If the desire is for these two to rumble, that would also be far from the mark: one guy is misrepresenting an art. You have to understand that this is a family's life, promoting and maintaining a tradition. Someone is misrepresenting that tradition. He is messing up the Tai Shing Pek Kwar name. That is the stuff of blood feuds (which, fortunately, is not happeneing).
Doug M