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Can any of you guys recommend a good place (reputable and decent price) that sells good dit-dat-jow? I am running low on the batch that my sifu made for me and feel the need for more since I see...

Well, my question was more of an academic curiosity. In some ways we are lucky nowadays becasue (in a good school) you have both the advantages of modern equipment and modern medicine and traitional...

So it's a given that in order to learn how to fight, you have to fight. Nowadays, sparring (or any version of sparring) can be done relatively safely due to modern equipment and gear, pads, etc. ...

Sifu Ross,

I am sorry for your loss and off my condolences. But I am very happy that you have decided to share these stories of your teacher with the rest of the world, as I think one can...

Does anyone know if there are any differences in the teachings between the NPM folks by way of Hong Kong and the NPM folks by way of Taiwan? I doubt there are too many differences in the principles...

Internpol secret assassination squad? AFAIK Interpol is a law enforcement information clearinghouse, and they don't really have any jurisdiction over anyone in any country - they help coordinate the...

Just some random thoughts:

Been doing some JMA for a bit (Japanese JJ, aikido, BBT)

And CMA (HG, TJC, BGZ, TLKF)

Prior Caveat #1: all of these arts train for fluidity, power, balance,...

Could someone tell me what the differences between the two arts are? By this, I mean that I already understand the back story behind Jow Gar (combo of HG + N.Shaolin) so have an idea of the...

Can anyone recommend a good instructional video on ground grappling? I can't go to the local schools becasue of work schedule conflict, but I am getting together with some buddies to work on this...

You know you've seen it in oh so many kung fu movies. Master takes on disciple. Disciple learns well and becomes really really good. Master tests disciple and when he passes, smiles and says the...

How do you learn and how do you practice your applications? Do you have set portions of class times where you break up into pairs and work on them, or are you shown the techniques in class but for...

Been working out with a buddy who does traditional japanese jujutsu. Noticed something interesting. My buddy's JJ system has kamaes - stances - that are equivalent to many of the stances found in...

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with Fu Jow Pai (via the Wai Hong lineage of NYC)? What is it like? By that I mean that I am aware it being a southern style focusing on the tiger...

Do you think now, today, is a good time to be a martial artist? Or was it better to be an MAist back in the days of sword and spears? If you think about it, we now have access to more information...

If I remember my stories correctly, Lau Gar, when it was a separate style unincorporated with HG, consisted of only three sets - two hand and one staff. Supposedly the originator of the style...

How do you guys break up your training to work on technique training and ability training? By this, technique training refers to the technical portions of your various sets, curriculum,...

OK, this may be a stupid question, but if you break somone's limb, say the fingers or wrist (a small joint is mainly what I'm thinking), if the person is so pumped up full of either adrenaline or...

Are all the palm changes (well, I guess I'm mainly talking about the basic 8) the same for the different Bagua lineages? Are they done the same way?

Just been the Plum Pub website and on one of the blurbs for their videos on Bagua, they mention something about Bagua having a "modular method of practice". I was wondering if anyone has ever heard...

Doh! The deadline is tomorrow! Is it too late to order one?

Who was the best, and smallest (in physical size) martial artist you've ever met? I've found that when small guys get good, they get ridiculously good (I guess to compensate to lack of size, they...

Are there pillar forms in your mantis system? i.e. in Hung Ga there are considered the four pillar sets in the WFH lineage. Others are optional/extra sets, but these four are what you need to know...

This may be a stupid question, but.....

For those of you who've trained in a number of things over the years, do you remember everything you ever learned (I"m talking kung fu/MA wise)? Do you...

This is a question for those who study Bagua and also actively either continue to study or at least keep alive/not forget another art. Has/How has Bagua influenced your other/previous style? ...

For those of you who have a solid foundation in one art, and cross train in another art...

Does it/has it happen to you that (I guess mostly in teh beginning of the second art) when you start in...