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Brendan,
Agree on all points!

And that is why I never put much stock on anyone's lineage. Almost every lineage that I have researched in both Japanese and Chinese arts eventually came down to...

Agreed! If it doesn't work in combat, it may as well be ballet. Combat has ALWAYS been my emphasis in CMA.

As I said previously:



This is what I was told, that is what I know.

If you focus on the first few seconds of the form, that is only designed to get the attention of those watching, you...

As I stated earlier:



The knuckle walking you observed at the start of the form was simply added for demonstrations. It was designed to set us apart from other demonstrators and to identify us...

Hope her husband isn't reading this and wondering how you know about the details of her chest. :D

She is quite a girl!

Dang, sorry to hear that. :(

Mantid1,

Our monkey system does include throwing and grappling, as well as striking and kicking.

Unfortunately, these things can be very dangerous to practice at more than a slow speed.

A...

Though a couple moves look similar to TLQ, the moves are played quite differently. Different feel, different flow. Plus the system strategies are quite different.

My introduction to TLQ did not...

Friends,

To set the record straight:

1. Our style has nothing to do with Tongbeiquan. It looks and moves nothing like it.
2. The style was originally a marriage of Northern Shaolin basics,...

Kristcaldwell,
Sorry, "pointless" was a poor choice of words. I meant no offense, but after rereading what I wrote I see that I came off like an a$$. My apologies.

No, I do not have any videos...

The link you posted is a demonstration by Chen Zhaoming laoshi. It is a beautiful form. Yes, it has a few fighting techniques in it. However, it is predominantly for show and due to the excessive...

Gino,
Another monkey system was brought to the U.S. by Master John Wing Lok Ng. Master Ng resides in Kentucky. However, I have heard that he has retired from teaching.
The sets are taught by our...