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I agree that progressive sparring is the way to go.

If you only do controlled sparring with no contact and put a student directly into that they will develop very bad habbits...

If I'm...

Sorry to hear about your teacher :(, he was somehow one of the only people in San Soo I had not heard very much about.

"Brithlor: "I also disagree that San Soo has every technique from every...

Just curious, but what Chinese martial arts would your teacher not consider a "complete martial art"?

Every chinese martial art (as far as I know) includes qin na... Most people who study Chinese...

There is no reason why sparring someone (properly ofcourse...) would not bear some resemblance to how the two would fight each other "on the street".

I don't really buy into the idea that if one...

Clearly you have (atleast what I consider) a realistic approach to your training... I guess there are more san soo people like you than I thought :).

Some san soo people (especially my former...

"My art of San Soo is not 4 thousand years old; even the oral history I was given only claims 800 years. Monastic kung fu of some sort goes back maybe 2300 years."

BTW, If anyone was confused *I*...

"Brithor: "I have never seen any practice countering defensive moves or heard of that many San Soo people doing that."
I have in my kali and jujitsu classes. Does that count?"

Are you saying...

Would you be at all interesting in selling one of your sets of slats and possibly one of your sets of arms and legs seperately?

I would really like some looser slats... and arms. The slats are...

Should be red Oak for the body... not sure about the arms though.

The problems I have with San Soo is not the about the history... but the way it is trained.

It seems like most San Soo people think that "If I block and counter " at the same time that their...

There seem to be so many inconsistances about San Soo history... that I don't think that -- unless some important part of its history is discovered -- that where it came from, who invented it or...

Oooooh, I gots a story.

I was a black belt in a southern kung fu school at the time.

This Karate guy or something came into my class one day... he looked like he was atleast 150 pounds heavier...

Are you allowed to post challange matches where you got your @zz kicked aswell?

Someone asked if san soo were an offspring of CLF....

From what I gather the person who brought san soo to the USA (Jimmy Woo) learned "San Soo" from his uncle. However, apparently his uncle was...

Stupid question... but are the paul chen swords actaully sharp ? :eek:

Thanks for the the replies :).

I found even cheaper butterfly swords: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/shoppingmatrix1/pc-2067.html

Can anyone describe some of the differences of Chun's wing chun and Chings?

Better yet, anyone got 2 videos of both of them doing a form?

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I'd really like to an opinion of the swords and pole before it is too late :).

Just wondering if anyone has bought the Butterfly Knives or Ipe long pole from The Great lion site

If so, what do you think of the quality and workmanship? Just wondering if I shouldget one...

The Force is strong with this thread...

Wow, those videos are very impressive :eek: .

My left wrist "cracks" *every time* I do a heun sao... Is that bad? :-o

It's not anything too major or loud... but when my hand goes into the "fok sao-like position" (going clockwise) and is...

Thanks for the replies everyone, and please give more :).

I had forgotten about that wcats page... glad you brought that back up.

Which dummy would be better, a dummy from the AZ website or one...

Go to your local Barnes and Noble (if you have one) an see if they have the book; "Mastering Kung Fu: The Shaolin Wing Chun" there.

I just picked up the book yesterday (I do TWC, not HFY WC) and...

I'm sorry... say that again please? :confused: :eek:

Anyway, I'm delaying my purchase one week... so everyone still has a chance to give me some input ;) I'm going to be listing several websites...