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One post hopefully covering two threads-on ego and TWC.
In the recent KFO crash "yuanfen" was bumped- so living in Phoenix (metro), had to assume new forms! And a post got dleted and I could not...

knifefighter sez:
WC is no more valid for self defense than is the MMA mix.
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I dont think so- but it depends on...

On the pole not making more than one sound---

preferably no sound-one strike and its over. Sometimes-
you control the other weapon once and you slip in...
two sounds? You are begiining losing-...

Chee-I have already commented on the pole and the sound..some additional comments on yours-may or may not be the same as others or may over lap.

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Bong but ting lau - Bong does not stay...

On the pole not making more than one sound---

preferably no sound-one strike and its over. Sometimes-
you control the other weapon once and you slip in...
two sounds? You are begiining losing-...

Happy birthday Patrick.
Joy Chaudhuri

A majority of the killings that I know about personally in the last 5 years-- the inintiator and the receiver were known to each other!

I am not referring to purse snatchings.

Phoenix sez:
Keng Geng

Great , thanks
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Ditto

Joy

John-Very likely.
She is a kung fu younger sister.
joy

Hi Andrew- a bit on the run. Saw your post-hence a brief quick reply.

1. There are many meanings of "Chi" ... a "Siu"(forget the rest) wrote anice little book on its many meanings- and he has some...

Phil-sez-Joy, How would you block/parry a strike in the dark? If you can't see a punch you can't see an elbow or anything else. If you can't see you just can't see. Ideally we train the 6 eye muscles...

John W.

In a previous incarnation I lived in New mexico ( had the first purely wc kwoon in Las Cruces 79-85). As a department head I had an external program at White Sands and Alamogordo and have...

So Phil- what do you do in the dark or in rain and mist about watching the elbow.

Ernie sez:
funny if it dosen't fit you personal scope
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I wasnt peddling my personal scope. Wing chun does have principles of...

JMD161-
No offense taken- on this side anyway.

I am curious- who are you and what kind of wing chun do you do.?

My late wife was from the Tulsa area... and I go back from time to time.

jmd16
Correct . Folks get stuck on gouging etc.
The guy at the bottom has many kinds of wing chun based choices,
depending on what the guy on top is doing.
You dont mechanically depend on a fixed...

ntc- true...
but the advocacy persists and in the cycle of topics on this forum-it was about time for rattan rings--- soon there will be the iron rings on forearms!! And yes- there is a photo of Ip...

A hard line between statics and dynamics has become fuzzier in many fields.

In wing chun I dont think of the ygkym as being static-relative to
a dead structure as in horse stances of some other...

Gene- the Helen Liang story was a very good one. Thanks much, Joy Chaudhuri

Could be gu lao/ but it is wing chun and its a good demo.
Thanks for sharing.
joy

BeWater-you ask:
Hi! I'm wondering how much time it took for each of you to get to the point where you began to Chi Sau. And I don't mean Don Chi Sao, Tsui Ma, Luk Sao, etc. I mean how long before...

Paul H: Didnt intend to dampen humor-just some background on what Gandhi was about. It is an era that I know very well- first hand-not book learning. Gandhian non violence surrounded by a violent...

Count sez(answers in brackets):

Yuanfen, isn't the Dan Tien your physical center
(yes for chi gung)
where power comes from?

((No- mechanics and other things are involved. The dan tien is...

Terence- I dont think that it pays to be only reactive and let the opponent show the way in a real fight.

Rene- It is possible for a person(Leung Jan's son in this case) to have lots of...