Yeah Golden, Ive seen the archives and read some other topics about him, and seen his site and those unique photos. Ok, so the dude has a questionable history, so freaking what? So do Wing Chun, Southern Mantis and Shuai Chiao practioners. Wing Chun probably top dog in lineage wars. I actually read a review for a Yip Chun book on Amazon.com, the stupid reviewer gave it 2 stars and said ALL all Yip Man students suck because it isn't true Wing Chun. WTF?
Geez, ok so lineage is questionable, so freaking what? If you can dish out the goods, get the forms, learn to fight and know what you are doing, who cares if your Sifu learned from Grandmaster Leung Ting or some guy named Billy Bob who was a 45 year old bag boy at a neighborhood supermarket who learned it from some guy, from another guy, from some other dude, then from another guy who had met Leung Ting.
Ok I managed to find it,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...218965-1272703
Scroll down the reviews, its the guy who gave it 2 stars, from Kennesaw, GA. He wrote
Me, I'd go and meet Dr Painter with my friend, talk to him about Bagua, watch a class with my friend, etc and let him talk to my friend. I'm happy with Wing Chun, its where I am and I don't plan on quitting.The technique demonstrated by Yip Chun is sloppy at best (like all students of the Yip Man branch of Wing Chun).
I've actually seen Dr Painter before, I was at the restaurant I (used to, I just quit like yesterday though they dont know it yet) work at and I was off, and was up there talking to my coworkers cause I had nothing better to do. Anyway, Im up there and I look over and who do I see but Dr Painter himself. I would put $$ it was him, he was sitting there with his wife eating chips and salsa, and I was incredibly tempted to run over and introduce myself, I wasn't in uniform, but I thought to myself "No, the guy is eating dinner and it would be rude to run up and pester him" so I walked off.