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Hey Sifu Parrella,

I was looking forward to watching these since you put them up and finally got the time. Nicely done and quite interesting.

Thanks for posting.

I am involved in an annual competition where a point is given for uniform. Since the competition is dominated by traditional Kung Fu there is a mix of uniforms from t-shirts and pants to silks...

I just received pics from China taken during the opening of an International Fut Gar Federation. I posted them here for anyone that is interested in checking them out. Specifically, this might be...

As funny as this sounds, I actually wrote about this in my blog about a month ago. Here's the link if you want to check it out.

I also like the feel of Feiyue shoes and recommend them to my...

That is very cool footage, Michael. It is great that you guys took the time to film your training sessions with Sifu. I wish I had done the same:(

Sifu often taught in higher stances as showing the techniques but definitely expected low stances from the student. Whenever I got lazy with my stances I would hear "sit down"....one of the few...

Yes, that video was filmed while Sifu was at my class and decided that he would demonstrate one of the forms for the class. He is about 83 years old but is still very happy to show a form when I...

Correct, no front stance is used in hand forms (we do use them in weapons forms) and instead our style of Fut Gar uses a Yee Gee Bo which looks similar to a horse stance but with your body turned to...

Yes, I teach in Toronto in the Chinatown area. I have been in Ottawa a few times for tournaments, the last time I was there was at the World Kobudo Championships in 2006. If you were there, I was...

Yes, you are correct. I was trained and became an instructor under GM Chan Tai San. I actually recently explained the connection between my training with Chan Tai San and my training with Chen Rong...

There is definitely some confusion here. The main style I teach at my school is called Fut Gar but the term Fut Gar can also be used as a more generic term as well. It means Buddha Family style...

Master Chan Tai San did teach a snake style. He told me that it was comprised of 3 hand forms, a staff form and a broadsword form. I learned one of the hand forms and know another person that...

I have nothing against Christian Kung Fu, especially since one of the most active schools in my area is the Christian Wushu Fellowship, a Kung Fu school with a pretty impressive group of students. ...

OK....this is funny. I don't speak Mandarin so have no idea what they were saying in this clip but one of my Mandarin speaking students came to class laughing. He said that it starts by describing...

Why would they do that to the poor guy? Flashdance???? :o

I agree. I don't think it was random. It seemed to be very similar every time he did it.

Thanks for clarifying!!! I noted the age on the posting now. I am still trying to figure out when/what age Sifu arrived in North America. Do you know how old he was? I thought it was at a younger...

It's possible he is older in the video. I was guessing based on when he would have still been at the temple. I was thinking through the timeline and wondering if he would have still been there in...

Here is some old video footage of Chan Tai San for those that are interested. I am not sure how long ago this was but he was still fairly young.

Enjoy!!!

This is an interesting question. I was once visiting some of my in-laws and they introduced me to a relative who they said was a CLF practitioner from Hong Kong. As we spoke a bit, I learned that...

Here are a couple more that look like they were taken at the same time.

I am not sure which forms Sifu knew in the Jow Ga style. He did teach me a spear form from the style at one time...I think it was called Yew Gwa Spear.

Sifu Chan did mention Hung Tao Choy Mei to me during our training and did teach some forms from that style. I don't know if he ever focused on Jow Ga with any of his students though.