I'm verry interested in Bak Sil Lum. I have read the article "Bak Sil Lum vs. Shaolin Tempel" with great interest. And I have read the books from Sifu Hung Lai / Sifu Gary Tang "Secrets of Northern Shaolin Kung Fu" and "Combat Shaolin". But I have still some questions on Bak Sil Lum. I'm verry happy when you Bak Sil Lum-practitioners can answer my questions:
1. How is the systematic training-process in Bak Sil Lum to translate the forms in effective fighting technics for real dangerous situations.
Are there single patterns (single technics from a form) and combat sequences (linked patterns from a form = pre-arranged sparring) in Bak Sil Lum which are trained with a partner (I don't mean the two-person sparring form)?
2. How is Bak Sil Lum build up? Am I right with my follow acceptance: first basic school, then all ten core-forms (perfect one form then learn the next form without forget the basic school), then the weapon forms? And what's next?
3. Which Internal-Arts / Chi Kung-Arts are in the curriculum of Bak Sil Lum?
4. Are there any additional exercices (except the classes which prepare for sparring-competitions) like push-ups, sti-ups, press-ups, jogging, sandbag- or paws-training, or ....?
5. Please give me the approximate precentage of each training-element from the whole Training in Bak Sil Lum. (please separate for beginners, advanced an "master level"):
- Basic school .....%
- Patterns .....%
- Combat Sequences (Pre-arranged Sparring).....%
- Form .....%
- Chi Kung / Internal-Training .....%
- Blow-Training (Sandbag, paws, ....) .....%
- .....%
- .....%
- .....%
7. Do Sifu Hung Lai and Sifu Chan Kwok Wai instruct the classes still personally?
I'm awaiting your answers with great tension.