Shaolin Warrior Monk Shi Decheng Seminars

[norther practitioner]

Try not to get your arse kicked too much these next couple of days!

Enjoy

[norther practitioner]

hey, hope your weekend went well and everything... did you get the helicopter I sent over?

[GeneChing]

Missed the helicopter - I was too busy eating carpet. Shi Decheng used me as his applications fall guy, so I spent a lot of time wondering who carpeted the wall. Oh, that's the floor. Ow.

It was a wonderful event - the seminars were very successful - thanks to everyone who came out and supported. And Mr. Garcia did make it from Mexico, just in time, after driving three days to get there. I'll fill you in more later.

[norther practitioner]

Very cool, good to hear. So you're saying you got more than just birthday punches (some chin na and throws in there for good mesure).

[Gene's First]

Gene - You eat carpet better than most! You should be proud of that skill. :-)

To all: You missed a great seminar - The monks were a joy to be sore for - It was an awesome workout.

[GeneChing]

Shi Decheng is coming for another seminar, this time with his brother, Chen Qingsheng, China's national sanda champion in 1994. We're doing the seminars this weekend at the USA O-Mei Kung Fu Academy, but it'll be at the San Leandro branch, not the Fremont one. The seminars are next weekend - Jan 8-9, 2005 - for more info, go to our non-profit site, the Tiger Claw Foundation.

OMG! Did Gene's first compliment me on my carpet eating last year and I missed it? I don't know what to say to that...

[norther practitioner]

There is a post over at Doc's board too.

[GeneChing]

We've been swapping emails this morning to finalize the details. Shaolin email - where would we be without it?

[GeneChing]

I'm at the office for just a bit with Shi Decheng and his brother today. I'm sick as a dog, but I'm the host, Decheng is my shifu, and I'll still try my best at the seminar in an hour and a half. It's been raining here non-stop for days and a lot of my local Shaolin friends can't make it because they're sick. Me, I don't have that luxury. I gotta work for the next five days. Such is my lot. Shaolin is always a trial.

[r.(shaolin)]

Hi Gene

Please ask Shi Decheng how many sets of Shaolin, Shi Suyun actually knew and taught out.

regards,
r.

[GeneChing]

Right now, he's sightseeing. I doubt I can get an answer to the first part of your question; I certainly couldn't answer it myself for any of my masters. But I might be able to get at how what sets he learned from him. I'm curious myself.

[GeneChing]

Ok, here's your answer. Shi Decheng said that on average, a present day wuseng knows about 80 forms. He doesn't know exactly how many forms Shi Suyun knew, but he figures it was significantly more. Suyun's speciality was Xiaohongquan. Decheng learned about 40 forms from Suyun, including Xiaohong, Wuxing, and Tamo Zhang.

That may not be as specific as you might like, since I stopped short of having him list them all.

[David Jamieson]

bwhahahaha, carpet eater!

uh...is there something we should know G?

[r.(shaolin)]

Gene, thank you for asking. It was very gracious of Shi Decheng to answer, please thank him for me.

kind regards,
r.

[GeneChing]

r (s): That was a good question. I only met Suyun once, just a few months before he passed on. He was pretty ill then, and didn't wish to be interviewed because he was in pain. It was sad, but at least I did get to meet him. There were many disciples of Suyun, in fact, Decheng is not even the most prominent of them, so I'll continue chipping at his story when I can.

kl: The funny thing is that I doubt GF even knows the implication. If she does, I'll have to seriously reappraise our relationship...