I think I understand what you're getting at. There are conceived notions of ideal body-types for certain activities.
Stereotypically, basketball players are ideally lean and over 6'. BJJ players...
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I think I understand what you're getting at. There are conceived notions of ideal body-types for certain activities.
Stereotypically, basketball players are ideally lean and over 6'. BJJ players...
His name's Michael Wong. He'd arrived in the U.K. from Vietnam at the age of 10. He'd taken up gung fu from a Chinese Sifu because he was bullied at school. He teaches currently in Ipswich,...
Suffering succotash!
Sifu Rondie Chen had a mo kwoon in New Jersey where he'd taught Bak Sare Ying:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8wq9KwBvQQ
Chow Sifu was a student of the elder Chan Sifu. He may be available during your visit to HK. Try calling this number from the New Territories:
(+) 852 2834 8866
Then there's Lei Dee Ga Gar Kuen.
(Sorry, couldn't resist ;) )
Ain't that the truth?!? lol <quietly goes back to line-up at Timmy's>
I know what you mean! Back in the day, forget it......couldn't even use it as fishing bait :o But now, I can do origami with it! Great at parties & corporate events :D
Back to the OP: I'm...
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Oh, and in case you don't know, Kellerman was very vocal about his need for viagra, which didn't exist in China in the 1930's
whaddya...
2 words: Hugh Hefner :p
Perhaps, but the Grandpa burger's badge is TOTALLY legit, so watch it, Shhhonnnyyy <shaking dentures>. And hold the onions, please :)
Yeah........and Harrison Ford should get rid of Ally McBeal and go Hand Solo ;)
William Hung? "She bangs, she bangs..." :)
You mean it isn't?!? :eek: :p ;)
As previously mentioned by other posters, the lineage chart is inaccurate & incorrect, as far as the Lam Gar lineage is indicated. Anyone involved in Cantonese Hung Kuen would know the flow of the...
"..What makes us unique is the advancing, explosive footwork, extension, the extreme use of waist/torso to produce power, and the relaxed power of CLF..."
Sounds like............TKD! :p
Hmmm,...
True, Tickety-Boo being another Canadian-adopted word (possibly even Scottish/East Indian?) :)
Great discussion! Just thought I'd add that ;) <sits back in the corner> lol
"Codswallop"?!? Myself, being almost as old as dirt, I haven't heard that in eons, golly gee willikers! :)
There are various ways to attack/defend from any given position or situation. Sometimes, the idea/theory/concept behind a lesson is more important than the actual physical technique itself.
For...
I never knew that CTS did Hung Kuen as well. Man, he did it all! lol
Do you remember what his curriculum included? And were there any similarities at all to what we see nowadays? Thanks in...
This is not a new topic. It's been discussed previously on other forums through the years. However, I understand what you're getting at.
A lot of kung fu styles share similar basic punches &...
Hi Banditshaw,
Re: Fred Lee
http://hungkuenlee.net/index.htm
Re: Vernon Rieta
The SF C-town Gung Fu scene is awesome. I was there not too long ago and some mo kwoons are within a few minutes walking distance of each other off Grant: Yau Kung Mun (similar to Lung Ying/Pak...
I feel your pain. Maybe about 2 years ago, I paid US$140 for an order which never arrived from a teacher of a different martial art (who shall remain nameless).
I'd sent an e-mail to him and he...
By chance, is it located near Leung Ting's Ving Tsun mo kwoon off of Grant?
The real skill is in cooling the situation without physical force. If you can do that, you're ahead of the game.
One sad situation was where an unruly patron had become physical and threatening...