Chan Tai San stories

[htowndragon]

lets see it! lol if you have a cover scan too that would be great

[lkfmdc]

have to dig it out, will try and do it tonight.....

[bakxierboxer]

im still trying to get my hands on his book. my sifu had a copy but tony galvin jacked it.

I don't recall that Tony was into "jacking" anything....
He just seemed to have a closer acquaintance with "misfortune" of one kind or another than most others.

[lkfmdc]

here are the scans from the book

http://www.angelfire.com/ny/sanshou/dengpage1.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/sanshou/dengpage2.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/sanshou/dengpage3.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/sanshou/dengpage4.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/sanshou/dengpage5.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/sanshou/dengpage6.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/sanshou/dengpage7.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/sanshou/dengpage8.jpg

you can also look at them all together at
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/sanshou/dengbook.html

[htowndragon]

any cover scan to go with that? i want to try to get my uncle to locate a copy

[htowndragon]

btw, according to the book, its the Dai Lo Han book, so the "advanced" one

[WanderingMonk]

Hi Sifu Ross,

I like to ask a question about the story which Chan Sifu attacked Jyu Sifu after Chan sifu had become a more experienced fighters fighting the Japanese.

Can you provide a rationale as to why Jyu Sifu was able to so easily dispatch Chan Sifu?

was there such a big hole in Chan sifu's fighting methodology that Jyu exploited?

also, since Jyu was living in the monastery and basically retired, wouldn't his skills deteroriate? Why was he able to beat Chan sifu even though Chan sifu had been fighting in combat putting him into life-and-death situation forcing him to breakthrough his limits?

how did Jyu maintain his skill level? by sparring against his students? since his students were probably at a lower skill level, wouldn't that not really push Jyu to his limits? Hence, what was Jyu doing to maintain his skills?

[lkfmdc]

btw, according to the book, its the Dai Lo Han book, so the "advanced" one

It was in a box in my closet for about 13 years, I just pulled it out and scanned it, didn't even read it

Don't have a scan of cover, sorry.... but it better than nothing

[lkfmdc]

Can you provide a rationale as to why Jyu Sifu was able to so easily dispatch Chan Sifu?

maybe he was really f-in good?

I can also tell you, a teacher always knows a students weaknesses. And a student always in the back of their mind remembers when they were "nothing" and the image of their teacher as almost g'd like

[hskwarrior]

Jyu? Is That Pronounced Jaiyoo?

Is The Above Spelling An Actual Chinese Family Name?

That Sounds Japanese To Me.

[Lama Pai Sifu]

To the best of my knowledge, there are only two known times that Chan Tai-San attacked (fought for real) his teacher, Jyu Chuyhn.

Once when he was 19 and drunk. He attacked him with two knives. He got his arm broken that time.

Again when he had finished learning Mok Ga from Mok Jing-Kiu. He was approximatly 43 years old and hadn't learned Lama Pai yet. His meeting with Jyu Chuyhn was an attempt to get him to finally teach him Lama. When Jyu Chuyn refused, Chan said "well, it doesn't matter, with what I've been learning, I can beat you even without it." Guess what style Jyu Chuyhn used to which caused Chan Tai-San to crawl on the ground in an effort to find his missing teeth?


When I went to Toi San in '05 and '06 and met with Jyu Chuyhn's last surviving son, it helped us to learn a lot more about him and answered many questions.

This will give you some more info about him.

Jyu Chuyhn

[sanjuro_ronin]

maybe he was really f-in good?

I can also tell you, a teacher always knows a students weaknesses. And a student always in the back of their mind remembers when they were "nothing" and the image of their teacher as almost g'd like

So he was one of Sifu Chan's teachers?

[Lama Pai Sifu]

Jyu? Is That Pronounced Jaiyoo?

Is The Above Spelling An Actual Chinese Family Name?

That Sounds Japanese To Me.

No, but it might sound familiar to you. It's pronounced "Jew" in Cantonese, or 'Gee' in Toi San-ese.

[sanjuro_ronin]

To the best of my knowledge, there are only two known times that Chan Tai-San attacked (fought for real) his teacher, Jyu Chuyhn.

Once when he was 19 and drunk. He attacked him with two knives. He got his arm broken that time.

Again when he had finished learning Mok Ga from Mok Jing-Kiu. He was approximatly 43 years old and hadn't learned Lama Pai yet. His meeting with Jyu Chuyhn was an attempt to get him to finally teach him Lama. When Jyu Chuyn refused, Chan said "well, it doesn't matter, with what I've been learning, I can beat you even without it." Guess what style Jyu Chuyhn used to which caused Chan Tai-San to crawl on the ground in an effort to find his missing teeth?


When I went to Toi San in '05 and '06 and met with Jyu Chuyhn's last surviving son, it helped us to learn a lot more about him and answered many questions.

This will give you some more info about him.

Jyu Chuyhn

Gotta love those stories.
flowery fists indeed

[htowndragon]

reading the forms list

they (deng gum to's line) do a CRAPLOAD of pao chois