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Interesting. Anyone know the exact origins of the form in the video?

Having been out of the SD loop for a while, I missed the announcements of this publication: ...

How's the book coming Frank?

Just checking in. Things seem to have slowed down. Any news out there? Frank, are you all mended up? KC, hadn't seen you in a while; want to grab a beer?

Glad to hear you're feeling better and healing well.

Frank, hope all is well with your surgery and you heal up in no time.

Hello Shaolin Dough! It is nice to meet you, and thank you for the kind things you have said about one of my main teachers, Garry Mullins. I don't post here as often, but breezed through today and...

I missed that (not that I've been keeping up). Any info?

I agree with the basics building off one another, but the problem became all the extra stuff being offered choked up the system with forms taught with no basics. The better practitioners I've met...

That's always been one of the most effective criticisms of SD. No matter what you think of the origins of the system, the efficacy of what is taught is always the primary point. And if you learn so...

I've seen that form too. It is short and compact moving in four directions (I assume that's what is meant by "box pattern"). I never learned it myself. I was told it was different than Golden...

I believe that he has taught out Golden Snake to some senior students. I have not been told that by any of my former teachers, but believe it to be true for other reasons.

Interesting, the Atlanta and Tennessee schools are still listed as the official schools on Sin The's website, but the Soards in Colorado are not....

http://www.shaolingrandmaster.com/co.html
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I liked it too. Funny stuff.

So do you have anything to add to the discussion of the lineage of Hung I Hsiang aside from unsupported off-hand comments?



Didn't think so....

Nor did I mean to imply there was any connection to SD and Hung have any connection either. I did note similarities in the two man set that his students were doing.

You know, I thought about that; where did SD's Hsing I come from, and could it have been taken from this source (since the documentary came out in 1983 it is certainly possible and I wouldn't rule it...

So anyone have any information on the lineage of Hung I Hsiang? The Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_I-Hsiang) indicates he practiced internal kung fu and shaolin qi gong.

The...

LOL. Nice. Jake Mace belongs in his own category....

Frank,

You have my deepest condolences for your loss. All differences aside, I will keep you and your family in my heart and prayers, and I encourage all of us to offer a prayer up to whatever...

Then the analogy is only more appropriate. :cool:

I disagree. Assuming that fake shaolin can be effective in self-defense (and SD is as many have said and those who have met me outside of the forum will concede) then I'd rather be able to protect...

Please shed more tears. Seriously, though, not everyone has an opportunity to train because of the areas they live. Personally I'd love to find a teacher in my area that focused on xingyi. Your...

Now that's funny.

Yes! The trolls are back! Let's add 25 more pages of mindless bickering and personal attacks!