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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6imiaHNADk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg2Stx8ITvY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G8NUfRKMjg
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Check it out, more Black Tigers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6imiaHNADk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg2Stx8ITvY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G8NUfRKMjg
SO what exactly is the rumor, or rumors? KC, you can't say there's big news and then not say what it is. Well, you did, but that sux. :) JP says Mullins is possibly separating from SKT. KC...
It's a relatively small system which also started in Lexington, KY. My understanding is that they had a bit of a rivalry with Sin The and his students in the early days. Students went from one to...
Oh, definitely. There certainly was no "mastery" there. That, I think, goes back to the root of the whole system. Most of the material was never mastered by anyone, including Sin The, I am sure. ...
They don't have instructor training that often, do they? I seem to remember it once or twice a year, maybe three times. They did have them up for three days straight, with only a few hours of sleep...
My observation has been that the "old school" guys forms don't really look any better than anyone else's, including Sin The. That's who everyone has learned their forms from. However, they do tend...
Cua (Tjoa) Kek Kiong is the author of the Shantung Black Tiger book, in conjunction with Draeger.
Great! Where did that come from? So there are two of the teachers from Hiang's school's lineage, jives with what it says on their website and we've got a lineage for at least the black tiger and...
Here are a few questions and comments raised by the Netherlands information:
Could "Hiang Sr" be grandfather, rather than father, to the The brothers? That would fit with Hiang's story that he...
Very interesting. I can see a resemblance between the man in the pic and the The brothers, look at the nose. They have the same grandmasters story, same story about using Japanese style uniforms. ...
Oh yeah, I'm not doubting the fujian and wuzuquan influence on what the guy's doing. It's just the name of the master that caught my eye, the fact that it's from Bandung, and it's performance and...
Look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfziyfEM750
Read the descritpion: "as taught in Indonesia (Bandung) by the Chinese grandmaster Hiang Kuan Teh 香關德 successor of Shi Miao Yue (Sek Miao...
We've had some time now since the revelation of the deposition and the last time the origins of the material was discussed. Has there been a change in the dialogue concering the origins of the...
I was the same way. Attended a few seminars with him and was never impressed by his movement. I have heard people still in the system insist that he is amazingly strong and amazing at everything,...
I guess Sin The didn't know how to translate Jin Gang, he thought it was like the shaolin bronze men from the movies or something, like a magical golem made of gold. He's got some other wacky...
Yep, that's another point I noticed. Someone in SD/CSC must have read that the traditional Yang form is meant to take 20+ minutes, and assumed that their 64/37 form was the same thing. The 64/37...
I also got Cheng's book on his form, and made some adjustments from there, and watched the videos of him and other people practicing his form. I also got Yang Cheng Fu's book on the traditional...
The temple form you posted was only the first section. The order of movements is identical, of course, the first section is the same for all Yang style forms. Even from just that much, it has a...
It isn't just about the naming/numbering. Yes, there are other Yang style 64 posture and 37 posture forms out there, and they are different than the SD form. actually, the same traditional Yang...
Of course, other people have told legends and myths about the origins of martial arts, always have. But we have a responsibility not to get the myths confused with actual knowable history and...
Tai chi was derived from shaolin martial arts, and early Chen tai chi may have been very similar to the other martial arts still being practiced in and around shaolin at the time. But I don't think...
Of course, Jiang Rong Qiao Bagua wasn't taught anywhere before it was developed in the 1930s or 40's. 1920's at the absolute earliest. And it wouldn't have had its present form in the early days of...
I wasnt either, I'm sure he was born in Indonesia. The history story that Bruce posted says he was born in 1943, then goes on to say that his parents "fled China after the commnunist party came to...
I know, you'd think they'd at least revise the story to correct glaring errors. Like, he was born in 1943 in Indonesia, but his parents left China when the communists came into power, in 1949? The...
Hard to say. The document from the early 80's where Sin The wrote out his entire curriculum has some inconsistencies. He does use "chien" for fist everywhere but one place, where he uses "kune"...