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Hi WWW

This is a difficult question to answer.......to distil the essence of some 4 years of development with my good friend and colleague, Mannie de Matos, founder of Hakarac Boxing.

The...

Small world indeed......I too last corresponded with him years ago. Vijay is a fascinating character, born of an Indian father and a Czech mother (even more unusual than my combination), not...

Hi Eddie

Echoing Rene's sentiments, I was wondering if you have already seen the brief entries for Jiu Wan and Sifu Jiu Wan on Wikipedia.......one lineage diagram shows him as one of the direct...

Thanks, Nick.......great stuff, very helpful in the context of my failing memory :)

I have been an admirer of Steve Morris for decades......I recall Vijay Paul, one of my teachers, describing...

Hi Rene

Trust you are well and in good spirits. :)

I can recall contributing to a thread some years ago either on this forum or another one (maybe yours or the defunct HK Feet Kune Do...

Hi Spencer

I can recall at least one lengthy, detailed article on Lee Sing from the early 1970's, in Combat magazine, a British publication still flourishing)......it was around the time that I...

Thanks, Joy, you're a scholar and a gentleman. :)

Haven't seen Andrew for ages, as he appears to have become somewhat reclusive.......but I'll do what I can to get him back online, so to...

Hahahahah.....I've been called lots of names in my time, but never that. :)

Ignorance knows no bounds.......it is very presumptuous and uncouth of you, as you don't know me from a bar of...

Hi, John

Thank you, I am well. Trust you are too.

So, you did get my message after all......as far as I know, I never received a reply, so I assumed that you were not all that interested :)...

Hi, guys

The following quotation by Friedrich Von Schiller (1759-1805) comes to mind:

Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens

With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain
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No need to apologise, James.......I can see now that it is a matter of context.....it's just that the original statement seemed to suggest that David was simply a clone of WSL. :)
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Hi, VingDragon

Would you mind telling me your name? :)

I'd like again to acknowledge David Peterson as the last of my five WCK formal teachers, his outstanding knowledge, understanding,...

Hi, James

Thanks for the good news. :)

David is finally getting the greater exposure which his many students and friends have been encouraging for some years and which he so richly deserves....

Hi, Cerebus

I have yet to come across this clip on the internet, but there is a brief, graphic description of it on page 55 of Jesse Glover's fascinating 1976 book "Bruce Lee: Between Wing Chun...

Hi, Brad

Again, in the interests of historical accuracy, the stocky Wing Chun guy knocking his Praying Mantis (not CLF.....there is another film of a bloodier fight in a sort of basement carpark...

Hi, Brendan

Thank you for your kind words.

I have had several Brendans train with me over the years (incidentally, all nice guys).....which one are you?

If you ever get the chance to visit...

Good stuff, Anerlich.

Now, a video of the two matches would have dispelled so many doubts amongst some people on this forum :)

Please say hello to David for me if you see him. We...

WOW and thanks!

There is much in your post to stimulate, inspire, and reflect on.........when are you going to write your book, or have you already answered that question, in the context of your...

Hi, Joy

I get a great kick out of reading your posts on boxing. As one who shares your interest in boxing but with only a fraction of your experience, I envy your knowledge and understanding of...

Hi, KFF

You're being very optimistic :)

I am simply unequipped to answer some of these questions with any authority, but I'll have a go:

1) You've obviously not read my old interview in...

Hi, James

Whilst Kostya remains primarily an outstanding western boxer, it would be wrong, imo, to assume that his association with Lawrence Lee, over a nine year period, has been limited to iron...

Hi, Joy, Kathy, and the many others still championing the cause of reason :)


With regard to the e-book, the first draft was completed about a year ago, but every few weeks I would add or...

Greetings, Joy

This is one of the funniest posts I have ever read, I am still chuckling. :)

With regard to my book, please see other thread.

Best wishes.

Rolf

You said it, not I: "....far above most wing chun" :) I am sure that WSL was talking about how WC should be done, as opposed to how much of it is being done today. I am reminded of how another WSL...

So is mine....but I would urge you to have a go, Joy. Actually, there is not all that much around about that period of history, it's mostly earlier stuff or later recollections from the post 1949...