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I practice Kung Fu San Soo. I know.... don't need to go down that road about the legitimacy, lineage, or authenticity of that art. I know you won't, as you are well mannered, but others on here...

Thank you for the reply. Also, thanks for the link to that episode - I've never seen that before, but now I'm going to watch them all!

I noticed that the link to the single crescent spear head is...

Looking for just the double half moon spear head only. I've tried all the usual places, but can't seem to find one. Does anybody know of where I can buy one>

I think the important thing to consider is that most all combat was developed for battlefield use (Shaolin temple mythology aside).

Whether the style is Japanese, Chinese, or Korean - the...

You mean Kung Fu San Soo, not karate guys.....since we all know by now that San Soo is not nor has it ever been karate. Especially Kenpo karate.

Are you asking which are most effective for fighting against other traditional weapons, or for modern self defense?

That website offered a ton of information! Now that i understand the san soo five families (thanks!), how do they correspond to ark wongs five families, or do they at all?

On a side note, i chose this forum because when i was looking around for answers to some questions i had about ranks, the posters on here seemed pretty knowledgable.

Mainly satisfy personal curiosity. I'm not an author, and i'm not getting anything except for grief!

I did see your post, and I forgot to comment on it. Your post is along the lines of what I've been able to gather off the net and talking to some San Soo practicioners from back in the 60's and...

I don't know if they are cousins or not and did not say they WERE, I said MAY BE - someone else suggested it and I brought it up.

Telling people that Ark Wong did Hop Gar? Dude, its on the...

So how can I identify myself? Post my high school year book photo or something? I have repeatedly offered for anyone to PM me and ask me whatever you want, but no one has taken me up on the offer...

I really don't know what you want from me - my name, address, phone number, DOB, and social security number? Really? I don't know who you think I am, but I can assure you that whoever you think I...

I bet you will!

I got the Lion's Roar/Lama/Pak Hok/Hop Ga info off Ark Yuey Wong's wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_Yuey_Wong

Just to appease the tin foil hat alliance, I did not edit that...

I am not a troll, and I'm not sure who you want me to identify myself as to you, as I'm not anybody of note or particular importance. Nor am I sure how to verify who I am in any particular sense...

Ok, more digging turned up more info, and I've pretty much distilled my findings into a few points:

* Jimmy Woo and Ark Wong's "five families" are one and the same.

* Jimmy and Ark may have...

Thanks for the info! I see why I didn't find it - goushou vs guoshu

I'm sorry if this is old news to all you guys, but I just wanted to know. I appreciate any and all information you all can pass on, and obviously I need to become more adept at using the search...

I'm not familiar with Jingwu and Goushou. My wikipedia search in Jingwu turned up some information, but not for Goushou.

I think I may have answered my own questions with more use of the search feature - I ran across these posts which I'm going to copy and paste:

KUNGFU SAN SOO IS A CHINESE MARTIAL ART.

The man...

As I mentioned before, Ed Parker did hang around with Jimmy for a while, but he visited a lot of studios and absorbed parts from many sources.

Ditto for Bruce Lee. Bruce went to both Jimmy and...

So I've read a ton of threads on various forums, and talked in person with a couple of San Soo black belts that trained directly under Jimmy Woo in the 60's and 70's. This is what I have gleaned so...

When i said five animals above, inwas simply distingushing the two styles im comparing, as Ark Wongs style is also called five families. Its confusing

I apologize in advance if this has been discussed to death before, and I did use the search feature and didn't see an answer to this question.


So I've been fascinated with the whole 5 animals -...