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I was wondering if any of you can recommend a school for a friend of mine. He lives in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, which is about 2 hours west of NYC. He would like to start studying an MA,...

This is an interesting thread. I would like to ask a related question though. Are the "discriminatory" practices (in your experiences that is) similar for non-Chinese, Asian students and...

HI, I've been reading the two Bagua (or Pa Kua as he spells it) books by Park Bok Nam (go figure - the local library has them) and was wondering what people thought of the books. I know that the man...

All this talk of Hung Ga and CLF and Jow Ga, etc, got me thinking - what is the history of kung fu in the southern regions before the Qing (or late Ming) period? Most of the southern styles we think...

Say, what do you prefer for a "fighting stance" - a side-leading stance or a front leading stance? By side leading, I man talking about a stance where one leg is defintely in front of the other, and...

Sevenstar, that's exactly my point. other forms of karate and arts derived from karate have techniques that are also in KK and MT. But the training emphasis is different and training methodology is...

A humble question,

What is it about the kyokushin karate style and Muay Thai boxing that many so called hardcore fighters like them better than other styles? Everytime I get into a discussion...

Ever have one of those days where nothing goes right? And i'm talking training in things that you've done for years and years and are second nature to you, and yet, it's just one of those days where...

This is inspired by that clip in another thread of the Street Climb dude. There's a group in France called Yamakasi who do something similar, basically Prince-of-Persia-ing across urban Paris.
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Good point 7*!

I'd think the main difference between grappling styles (like JJ) and kung fu techniques is that in the grappling styles, the strikes are secondary, they're supplemental to aid in...

Thanks jmd. When you say that Black Tiger (which I am understanding to mean not the Fu Jow Pai of NYC Wai Hong but your lineage out of Hong Kong) is close to the tiger claw element sof Hung Ga, yet...

Yutyeesam,

That's an interesting observation you make. If I may ask then, since CLF has tens to a couple of hundred forms, would it be fair to say that _for a given level_, the multitude of forms...

Are any of you here a student of Sifu Robert Chu in LA? I've read his articles and articles about him and it seems he has a very wide background. Can I ask what the classes are like? Does he just...

Are there any kung fu styles that is _really_ known for its proficiency in a particular weapon? I remember reading an article by Robert CHu (wing chun teacher in CA) where he talked about a rare are...

Here is what an old school jujutsu sensei says about modern teaching and practicing of MA (he is Yukiyoshi Takamura, a sensei in the Shindo Yoshin Ryu tradition):

"When and why did you reorganize...

I was just curious as to why in modern JKD (JKD as it has developed into the year 2004) there is such a heavy influence by Kali, Silat, etc, the various Filipino and Indonesian arts? I'm not saying...

I'd think any reputable martial art will have aspects of it that will touch on all fight ranges and situations. However, some will specialize on some of these aspects more than others. For...

kung fu comes from TKD? Vice verce? You are all soooo wrong. I can't begin to tell you how wrong all of you are. I mean OBVIOUSLY all martial arts in the worlds comes from Sinanju. Come on!! ...

Oh, I do have one more question :)

4. I've heard that Bakmei also incorporates a number of animals. How is this done? Is it more the energy/intent of the animals like Hsing-I or does it have...

Coolness. Thanks for all the detailed info. A couple of questions if you don't mind:

1. I've had some experience with SPM in the past and retain most of what I've learned (which wasn't all that...

By this I mean that is Qigong you learn in one style translatble to another style? I take it that basically you got health Qigong and martial Qigong. I am under the impression that health Qigong...

So all this talk on this forum regarding WHite Eyebrow has been interesting but not very informative about the art itself. COuld someone explain or describe to someone who does not know much about...

Irregardless of whether or not you like Dubbya, what your feelings are about the War on Terror, etc, I think everyone shuld go see this movie:
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These are some great replies.

I think someone hear mentioned that CLF lineages outside of the Chan family one do not have any internal training forms. If so, how is internal training...

I remember reading an article in the Wing Lam catalogue/magazine/newsletter about how in the olden days, Chin Na techniques were not so sophisticated. Most of the more used and effectively...