History is history...
I like everyone enjoy hearing about history... But it is hard to know what really is fact as many hear have stated...
I once had to write an article about CLF history in I think it was Journal of Asian Martial Arts or something like that, I was asked to do a history piece... I of course asked my sifu 1st, he provided me with a lot of written material from the past from many sources...
I also checked the websites too... And I found contradiction after contradiction... I also found stories you would only read in a comic book...
So seeing this division and the many versions I realised that I have to be carefull what I write... CLF has given me so much, I don't wanna pay her back by ruining her name and reputation...
So I presented the article with the many versions and stories of CLF, paying respect of course to Chan Heung, the founder and to the people who helped him spread and add to the style, namely Jeung Hung Sing and Taam Sam...
My point is... When presenting history, you can only present what we have read or heard... Is that fact? Maybe, maybe not... But we can discuss it...
The style is what we have, our gift from the past masters... We are lucky enough to have wondered in to this family...
So I know many of you are tired of history debates... But if you can discuss without being emotional or claiming to have the facts... Then we can hear all the maybes and what ifs... and discuss the possibilities... Because ultimately I think history is a story used to inspire...
That is why many of us enjoy the old Shaw Bros. movies... many are based on legends... But its the story, the struggle many of us enjoy...
Joe