I was upset to find out that Commoner had betrayed my trust and publicly disclosed I was no longer associated with my teacher James Shyun. I literally cursed him out in a private message. Yes, what...
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I was upset to find out that Commoner had betrayed my trust and publicly disclosed I was no longer associated with my teacher James Shyun. I literally cursed him out in a private message. Yes, what...
As part of the 8 Step family, I want to express my thanks to you, Master Chang (my Kung Fu uncle) and others who have contributed to the creation of this website. The wealth of information from the...
Sibok Carl,
Please accept my late condolences for the passing of Sigung Chiu Leun. It has been a month since I visited this forum. I will miss him dearly.
Regards,
Michael,
I don't know the letter you are talking about because I never wrote one. My chinese is terrible. As for the rumor I don't know, but that was the past. I am more concern about today.
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Thank you all for your response.
Lulu,
I have no problem with most of the folks here on the forum. I try my best to answer the question as honest as possible. I hope you understand where I am...
To All My Fellow Practitioners,
This is an open sincere apology to all. When I came back to this board, all I wanted to do was to promote 8 Step, give a different perspective of Master James...
Mr. Haley,
I don't know about those crazy rumors back years ago.
I grew up here as a child and my chinese is so bad I could bearly write my name in chinese let alone write a letter. I was born...
Mr. Haley,
Like you said if you don't know someone, you should not talk about them. You can say anything you want about me. I know I earned my rank through hard work and training just like...
After reading this post over again, I am 80% sure it is not Dean Economos who made this post as Dragonball. If you are not Dean, I just want you to know you screwed Dean big time posting as him. ...
dragonball (Dean),
You really said a mouthful. I am honored by your posting. Something must have triggered a response from you to bring you out in a public forum.
I don't need to response to...
My name is Kin Mak, an old student taught directly by Master James Shyun. My rank is 3rd duan level instructor and I am listed in 8step.com website under instructors. I was certified around Dean's...
Mr. Michael Haley,
I don’t understand how you can think I made an assumption about you. I only talked about the old days during the time Dean and I was around.
Whatever you said you learned, I...
Mr. Michael Haley,
The argument about Grandmaster James Shyun and his lineage can be endless and tiring. I see why many of his students stop contributing to this forum. I thought I had enough...
Old8step,
I will not answer your questions about Dean being the only 5th generation. This will stir up into a heated discussion. I know he has other 5th generation instructors. You could possibly...
Old8Step,
Please see the thread 8 Step Lineage Holder as my response would be more appropriate in that thread.
:)
EarthD,
I have to disagree with you on certain things. Please let me present a different point of view.
Whether he added to the system or it was taught to sifu can be an endless debates. But...
It is the same as ground mantis.
http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39186
EarthD,
To be netural about it, I would recommend if you look to Master Su in NYC for further 8 Step instruction. I think he is the nearest teacher who can teach you the Zhai Yao. According to...
EarthDragon,
I hope this answered your question. The questions you asked sounded familar. I remembered I read it before on a post, but didn't remember where. I did a search and it was a post from...
Hi Lulu,
Playing both sets out, I notice 2 movement that both sets have. It is a right hook reverse palm and then follow up with a right back palm. I think that's the only moves, but I have to...
CFREW,
Thank you for sharing with us your personal opinions and feelings. It is always good for others to contribute their experiences so that others can benefit and learn from it. I want to let...
All,
Please let me retract what I said about Chop Chui. It is a bad comparsion on my part. It does have a lot of mantis techniques.
I don't want to start a flame war over this. So I apologized...
Lulu,
I was curious because if you look at www.babutanglang.com the 8 Step Continuous Palm is not listed but the form is listed in Grandmaster Wei's book and my sifu teaches the form.
I would...
Kevin,
I do apologize for my comparison. I meant that you don't see any distinctive mantis techniques like the gou, lou and cai.
But overall your right and because there must be a reason why...
Does anybody know why 連環掌拳 (lian huang zhang quan) Continuous Palm Fist was not part of the Taiwan standardize 8 Step forms? This form appears in the late Grand Master Wei's book and I was taught...