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~ Do you have the first part of the lecture series? What is it like? I have always enjoyed Mr Allen's writting in IKF and the tapes of Green Dragons that I already got. Was going to get those lectures a while back but never got around to it. Pity, maybe I should... How would you rate them on a scale of 1-10?
Peace,
Sin Loi
Yi Beng, Kan Xue
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I don't have any of them, that's why I want to see them. To my knowledge, there is only one lecture set, and it is 2 tapes long. I want to see them but I can't afford them.
The only other stuff of his I've seen is Stone Warrior, Iron Vest, and Fundamentals of Empty Hand Fighting.
What tapes have you seen?
IronFist
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~ I have Fundamentals of Empty Hand Fighting, Fundamentals of Knife Fighting, Fundamentals of the Stick, Iron Vest, and a couple of the forms. Good stuff for the most part.
Peace,
Sin Loi
Yi Beng, Kan Xue
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I've seen a couple of the Green Dragon Studios tapes. I remember seeing a northern leopard set in particular. It was hideous. The flow was terrible, there was no power and it was really uncoordinated. To make things worse, Allen's narrative style is a perfect cure for insomnia!
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My Green Dragon
I studdied Green Dragon Kuoshu from Grandmaster S.L. Martin. The system I study is based around tiger, crane, and dragon. I've seen some Hung Gar and Choy Lay Fut in it, but how much is really in there, I do not know. Grandmaster Martin was taught by Grandmaster Hung, of Taichung, Taiwan. This system isn't too spread out. Right now it's only really found in NJ and Pa
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Kymus, I think that's a different Green Dragon. It's kind of weird how different schools sometimes have the same name. That could be confusing and could potentially get someone in trouble maybe.
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What manual?
I've been a part of Green Dragon for one year now, and I have not heard of such a manual. It might be something he does only for long-distance customers?
As far as I know, btw, Sifu Allen has discontinued the video business.
As for Joe Mantis's question regarding 2 man sets, there are just specific sets that include 2 people. Everyone learns both sides.
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Welcome to KFO.
He discontinued the video business? Hmmm.
What is training like there? Do you guys do a lot of sparring?
IronFist
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No, we don't spar. But, even though form-work plays a major role in it, our training is by no means completely solo. We do plenty of contact/conditioning drills, 2-man sets, self defense techniques, etc.
The 2-man sets, done properly enough, are almost indistinguishable from a real fight or sparring.
IM or PM me if you have further questions about the school; I'm not a huge fan of the messageboard environment.
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no relation to THIS green dragon
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Lynux6gold
you've got mail.
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kymus - is your "green dragon" also called "dragon shadow, tiger crane style" ? if it is we may have been learnign the same thing.
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Do the Green Dragon people have a website?
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I don't think so. Not the Green Dragon we're talking about, at least.
IronFist