Just a bit of trivia: They caused quite a ruckus over the portrayal of Yuen Kay Shan in Ip Man: the Legend is Born, and ended up doing a lot of public apologies.
When the script was first written...
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Just a bit of trivia: They caused quite a ruckus over the portrayal of Yuen Kay Shan in Ip Man: the Legend is Born, and ended up doing a lot of public apologies.
When the script was first written...
Hey guys, I haven't been on here in a while, so I decided to drop in and say hi, and share a training video. We were doing some Chi Sao on a rooftop in Houston's Chinatown (how authentic is that?!?...
We are having a seminar Sunday if anyone is in the area and would like to attend.
Here's a link to the facebook event as well:
https://www.facebook.com/events/179907039227900/
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Sihing73, it is a pleasure to meet you brother. I will most definitely have to look you up next time I'm in GA to meet up for some beer, BBQ, and Chi Sao. And of course to hear all of your cool...
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