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john, you have a pm

there is a guy in nashville who teaches wing chun. i asked him who his sifu was and after much beating around the bush, he told me panther video was where he learned his WC.

he learned it by...

what part of the country are you in? i am an RKC. congrats on getting KB fever. lot's of cool resources at dragon door.

kettlebells ROCK!!!!

is anyone besides me tired of all this?

Ricky Gamboa is also in Chicago. I think his info is on the bambootemple.com website.

i clicked on it & it didn't work.

Diamond Talons,

You are right. There is no formal etiquette. My own veiw is that there is a difference between touching hands, playing hands & crossing hands.

An example of Touching hands...

grippers1-3, several books & the MILO journal.

i unitentionallly started a new thread when i meant to reply here.

ironmind is a great company.

i have ordered lotsa stuff from ironmind & give them my highest reccomendation.

since you have been doing his exercises,maybe if you contact Dr. Yang's organization they can put you in contact with someone in your area.

it aint easy........but then again its not suposed to be either. thats why it's called "kung fu", right?:)

emotional content is relentless intent. imagine a man who has decided that his only purpose( intent) in life is to rip your ear off, even if he dies doing it. you're probably gonna lose an ear,...

well said.

touching hands is an exchange of skill. tre can be varying levels of intensity, from freindly to hostile.

i practice footwork, solo weapon drills, conditioning, forms and i also have a mook jong to practice indvidual techniques.

there is a terrific page devoted to grip training at http://grippage.cyberpump.com/

there are many machines similar to the one bruce is using in the little books. ask the guys on the grip board.

chuck taylors.

sorry to be vague, and again, this is based on my own personal experience....

if he grabs a sleeve:
1. it is difficult for him to hit you w/that hand, minimizing the need to block from that side...

'if your opponent grabs you first, he is controlling the fight, and your in a bad situation. You MUST strike him BEFORE he grabs you, this is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!'

it has been my experience that...

mike, you guessed my true identity.
talk to you soon.:)

i recently met met/trained with guro mike casto at a jkd class in nashville. he has good skill and teaches a good class. he was also a super nice guy. if you ever get the chance to meet him, do so.

think along this timeline:

first, there is kungfu, brutally effective, lethal kungfu.

then, there are firearms. suddenly kungfu aint so lethal anymore. not from 50 yards away anyhow.

next,...

I recently read a history of Filipino MA that stated there is lot's of evidence the Hakka arts influnce Kali, eskrima , etc. I know a little about hakka styles and next to nothing about FMA, so i was...