Hey Erasmus Mingatt - It appears that terminology, history and clothing mean much more to you than the body mechanics.
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Chainwhip..NO STYLE has 900 forms!!
The "system" has many "styles" available - some styles have many forms, some have very few. There is supposed to be 900 forms of various styles within the system. Not that it matters to me whether it is 400 or 900 or whatever. It just means there is more to learn than I can possibly ever absorb.
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you can generally determine if a style of kung fu is legit by adherence to tradition
I think you are saying frog button uniforms make a school traditional and probably legit. Pretty naive thinking. In Shaolin-Do (Tao) the tradition is karate gis - the Georgia and Tennessee schools are being non-traditional within their own art by wearing frog buttons. It does seem that it doesn't change anyone's skill level either way.
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There are grandmastgers of styles..not temples. You are confusing the title grandmaster with that of the Head Abbott.
I did?? Where did I say "Grandmaster of Temple...."
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LEARNED in PERSON by his sifu...not read a series of scripts and then go and "wing it".
Should have been more clear for your benefit. When I said "he at one time saw the forms and practiced them for a short while" I should have said "he at one time LEARNED in PERSON from his sifu the forms and practiced them for a short while"
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"As to the Southern Temple.......GM The' has been to both of the current Southern Temples (rumor has it that a third is in the works)" .
And your point is? So he went there...
"No fights broke out when he got there."
Is this something I should be impressed by? Does this imply as opposed to all the other times when grandmasters of other various kung fu styles have gone To Shaolin and riots broke out? LOL
Just saying he went there and visited with the Head Abbott and the wu-shu coaches. They were kind and respectful towards each other. Anyone can go and be treated well. The two government run temples are big money makers so they are nice to just about everyone from America.
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The temple has embraced Buddhism(read: pacifists)..
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: - you obviously have not been to either temple. What they have embraced is capitalism (read: suck money out of naive Americans)
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I'll bet even wu-shu is closer to kung fu than what the SD practices. "DO" is a Japanese/Korean word.
Again with spelling being so important.............:rolleyes: The coaches at the Northern Temple would disagree with you. They comment that the SD material is clearly traditional CMA.
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What group? Name them.
Why don't you fly over and go to the Quanzhou Temple and ask for those details?
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Tonfa is not a kung fu weapon..it's Japanese. More proof you are confused.
Take a picture of their weapon rack while you are there (the one with sai and tonfa on it)