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There are so many documented cases of an elderly person using martial arts to defend themselves successfully against younger, bigger, stronger, more athletic, (pick your adjective) attackers that the...

Hi KJ,

Happy belated birthday wishes! You're catching up with me, but I've got a huge lead. :D

Stay warm and be cool. Live long and prosper, Earthling.

All the best,

This doesn't really apply to standing in SLT, but there's a savvy five-year student in my school who sometimes uses weights on his ankles when he practices Wing Chun. Just an option if you'd like to...

Baat Jaam Do---accept no substitutes. I'm taught the purpose of the knife set is to improve the hands. I'd be leery of changing the training so substantially. Why not try wooden or composite knives...

Terence makes a good point, but there's always a better alternative to a back-fist in Wing Chun that doesn't violate the centerline and structural principles. Since my advice has been discounted,...

Joy is correct. Don't do backfist. It's doesn't work against Wing Chun and has no real power.

Regards,

Hi Dave,

I don't know how much you'll pick up from a correspondence course, even from a great teacher like Augustine Fong. Get yourself a partner at least. Then you can share the cost and practice...

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the...

LOL! One of Ken Chung's old students once told me over drinks that to do Wing Chun, you had to look Chinese. Not be Chinese, just look it. Maybe he was on to something. I certainly don't look...

Some don't realize what a big chore it is maintaining our northern border. :D

Regards,

Reflecting back on the last 200 plus years, it's been a good run for the experiment in democracy.

Happy Independence Day.

Cheers,

Cheers to Canada. All the best to our friends in the Great White North. (Doo doo doo doo) (Tha's what passes for musical notation when I'm drinking Moosehead.) :D

Go Canada! :)

Regards,

Nicely done. Thanks for the recounting of the match posted on the other site. Too bad about his preference for grappling. I would have enjoyed hearing about your stand-up victory. But, any victory is...

Pat Tillman set a commendable young man, most unusual for a native San Josean. I don't know how he escaped the Bay Area's group think mentality, but I'm proud our country can still produce young men...

If you haven't heard of Kwoon.com, check out KWOON goes to DVD in this month's ezine here.

I think the guys at www.kwoon.com are hilarious. No kidding. :D

Regards,

Curious to know how you arrived at your conclusion that there are lots of good sifus out there? I know of a few, but lots!?! LOL! Likely not the case. What's the definition of good in your mind? 90%...

The last two times I saw Ken Chung, here are some of the corrections Ken made to my position on the jong and some random additional observations, not addressed specifically to me:

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Hi Hendrik,

I'm not sure that my question was clear. You had written
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What I was axing was how would you characterize the old-time strike? What was the martial art of the old time punch you...

Hi Marty,

Sure, go ahead and gloat. :D Your gain is our loss back here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'll look forward to seeing Ken on his return Saturday. :D

Why don't you tell us what sorts...

Nice story. I agree. The true chef doesn't follow a "recipe." The true Wing Chun master doesn't either. Follows the broad theme of this thread.

Regards,

Hi Sandman,

Glad to hear you're well. Welcome back. Probably a lot of illness going around this year.

I'm back from the dead pretty often myself, and not just from consuming adult beverages or...

Hi Phenix,

Could you explain a little more about the rationale for the top to down, down to up differences?
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Make it a punch instead of a...? What? Are you referring to the difference...

On KFO, John Kang has become sort of the de facto Lo Man Kam expert.

There are certain folks who have come to be known by association with and as representing their sifus on KFO. John Kang's...

Normally I'd get out of the way while you rewrite history, but I'm smarting from your comments about the "real" sports of rugby, soccer, and whatever the third one was. :o I'm sad you didn't mention...

I agree with PaulH, KJ, and Phenix, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to take a poke at institutionalized "education." :p

I was merely siding with U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige that the...