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I thought you might say Chin Woo! Fist of Legend is one of my all time favorites. Have you ever seen the Donnie Yen version (TV series)?

Wow, it's been a long time since I last posted!

So, there's a good possibility I will be traveling regularly to Shanghai, and a fair possibility that I will be temporarily relocating there too. I...

I think Gyouza is either jiaozi (饺子) or guotie (锅贴). It's probably jiaozi but the way they make it in Japan is more similar to the latter (pan fried vs. steamed or boiled for jiaozi).

As for...

I've lurked here for the better part of five years... but I do believe this is the first time I've actually STARTED a thread. College football fan that I am, I couldn't help but post this wonderful...

I do use this stance on occasion when I am fighting, usually in earlier stages of the fight/match when I'm getting used to the opponent.

As with anything, there are merits and disadvantages to the...

Wow, got a lot of flak for putting up a clip of a movie that I would have thought kung fu practitioners would have appreciated... in my opinion Ip Man is the best kung fu movie to come out in terms...

I'm a CLF practitioner, so naturally I don't think wing chun is the end all be all. However, based on Donnie Yen's new Ip Man film, it can certainly look pretty frickin' bad ass:...

Not sure what you mean by "stop hits" but as far as the full extension comment, I beg to differ... catching a full extension kick can be easily done if you create the right spacing. One of the main...

I think one reason front kicks and side kicks (my personal favorite) aren't used as often is similar to what someone above mentioned already - most people trained primarily in roundhouse kicks and...

For me it depends on whether I'm doing a palms out, palms in, or "neutral" (palms facing each other) grip, interestingly enough. For palms out, I prefer bending my legs behind me, or simply trying...

You can say that again! and again, and again! Harvin better make it to the game! Harvin at 50% is better than just about anyone else at 110%!!!!

Actually, yes I think it was. It's been a few months! D@mn these MBA classes - they're making my brain stupider!

Actually, sisuk, I was recently in Marion, Iowa and found a handful of Chang Quan students who recently started learning CLF from a Master Tomkins. In their school, they had some photos up of their...

Just came across this thread... I am trying to come back from arguably what has been my worst shape in 10 years or so. I'll probably start logging some results next week.

As for new challenges,...

I personally think forging is very important. In CLF, our primary straight punch (chop choy) is executed using a panther fist. In addition to requiring conditioning of the knuckles (something I...

Very nice. That got me to thinking, there's a notable lack of weapon application video/discussion on the forum - I would love to see some more! Even the more conventional ones like staff and spear...

Well said! I can't argue with that!

The only thing I have left to say is that in order to cross train properly then, you probably have to have a teacher as good as yourself who can identify ways...

Most definitely! There are definitely things that you can learn from other systems that will enhance your CLF ability. Also, what Cjurakpt said about similar styles being harder to assimilate is...

Nicely played, SoCo. I definitely agree with you that most TMA simply don't train to fight. Heck, I'll be the first to admit that I don't do enough live sparring. And I pretty much don't do any...

Thanks for the kind words! I never really posted much in forums because no one ever seemed to respond to my posts. I've joked on some other forums that I am the "thread finisher", because any...

Alternatively you can use "further" ;)

nospam, essentially both arms circle outside to inside (presumably to go over an opponent's arms), then both hands shoot forward at a downward angle, while...

I'm cherry picking your statement here out of context, but only because I think some people may misinterpret what you've said.

You follow up this statement by saying to use a particular style as...

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I agree with you on the double handed techniques - they are practiced double handed just to expose the practitioner to using both hands to perform the same single handed technique, in...

Sisuk Lance,

When I first read this post, I thought of the biu ji as well, but I think the technique the OP is referring to is actually the one in the first section of sup gee, after the grab in...

Hi Sisuk!

Actually, $700 doesn't sound all that bad... must be the BIG BUCKS I get as an engineer these days... I wish...

I suspected the sau bau jong was a hanging bag... I never saw anyone...