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If you are talking about the version that the CSC site displayed in their "Advanced Black Demonstration" then yes I do. As I've said, I know SD's Tiger-Crane very well, but I have trouble recognizing that form in that demonstration.
As far as the difference in the in the form as taught to me and Chiu Chi Ling's version, I can see the form is essentially the same, move for move. We do a low horse stance at the begining during the tension movements and the opening is slightly different in the hand positions. There's more tension in CCL's version, but not a whole lot more. There are differences, but not to the point where the form or the underlying principles are disconnected from the two.
I appreciate your posts. As far as lineage, my respect goes back as far as I can verify. That is my teacher, his father/teacher, GM Sin The, Hiang The, GGM Ie Chang Ming and his collegues in Indonesia. After that, I don't really know so the issue becomes less important to me. If Su Kong was 'real' then great. If he wasn't and we are taught a collection of material from different parts of China and learned from different teachers who moved to Inonesia, then that's great too.
Hey Xia,
Thanks for stopping in...always enjoy your post!
1) what iron palm video did you see.....we have an excellent iron palm training program...that is very safe....I've been doing it for a few years and it has even helped fight off the beginnings of arthritis......to look at me you would never know I do it.
buffets are good if you're really hungry and are low on money, but if you realy want a great meal its better to go to a reputable fine eatery that specializes in one or two particular cuisines.
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Most schools out there today are buffets...even the MOST vocal against us are buffets...check out their websites.....probally even your school.....Kung Fu..Tai Chi.....MMA....BJJ....Maui Tai....Sanda......Krav magna........Wu Shu...Kempo....Wing Chung.....Mantis.....Choy Li Fu....head instructor has 10 blackbelts in all of the above and more.....that's lineage trees with a lot of limbs......and people get on us for being spread to thin....at least we've had the same basic program for 40+ years
Many, not most & certainly not all.
Most TCMA schools teach one or two things only. Mine only teaches CLF & Yang Taiji. That's it. No other training involved. My teacher used to teach one other art until he gave it up in favor of CLF solely. No black belts, no massive lineage tree. Two things done as well as can be done & expected of a person dividing time between 2 arts with complete, unfettered training programs.
Your same basic program for 40 years is to be commended for it's steadfastness to be sure, but steadfastness to what? A smidge of this, a crumb of that, a whiff of something else passing over the top of the pot it's all cooked in with no backbone of any single ingredient.
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uhh, no. the ones who are reputable are not. when one takes 2 forms from "x" style, then 3 from another, 1 from here, another 3-4 from there, it is not possible to perform or train any correctly. every system (style) has its own methods, stances, delivery system, energy, this is a fact. one can not play them all the same way, unless you just like learning forms.
Not really correct, you can take various forms from different systems to train different attributes.
I know a Okinawan Goju guy that teaches Taiji as part of his curriculm.
Its "easier" to take forms from different systems with the same "core" like sanchin from Goju and Sam jin ( or however you wanna spell it) from Fukien White Crane and the Iron wire from Hung Gar, its a little trickier when you are doing things in a more complexe way and looking to develop different energy pathways and structures.
You just don't teach one until the other is "ingrained".
everyone is entitled to there opinions...i stand by mine. say one learned wing chun for 6 months from a friend informally while at the same time learning mi zhong form his sifu for the last 2 years. he is also moon lighting at the local college learning chen tai chi 1x a week for last 2 months. sure he could try to incorporate this into that, but at the end of the day he's not at a level to do so because he isn't proficient in any of the three. even if he was at a sifu level this would be more or less chop suey. it takes a good instructor and many years of training to "get it". better to have one really sharp knife than 5 dull ones.