Ark Yuey Wong- list of lineage/style holders?

[The Xia]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938934/
On imdb.com, the only movie he is credited with is Vice Squad. Is there anything else he can be seen in?

[The Xia]

By the way, I enjoyed that Vice Squad clip. Good to see he had a sense of humor.

[Jim Anestasi]

The Xia,
Grand Master was in The Original Movie of Kung Fu ,starring David Carradine ,In the early 70's I think . He played a Monk in it at the Siu Lum Monastery.

Sifu Jim

[SIFU RON]

They may be easier to pull off in some situations for people whose other hand postures are not yet developed, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be used by people who have the hands for those other things. Every martial artist will have his/her preferences and different situations call for different things. Most arts (aside from exceptions where the style is pure grappling or something like that) have closed fist techniques.
- My two cents.

your 2 cents is worth hundreds of dollars.

Good point of view.

Sifu Ron

[sanjuro_ronin]

The Xia,
Grand Master was in The Original Movie of Kung Fu ,starring David Carradine ,In the early 70's I think . He played a Monk in it at the Siu Lum Monastery.

Sifu Jim

I believe he "demoed" the dragon form...

[Jim Anestasi]

San-juro,
I think you are right about the Dragon Form,he also was throwing stars at wooden dummies.Ralph Shun was in it also,and lots of other people .Sifu Ark Wong called me and wanted me come down and get in the movie with him,How ever I was living out of state at the time and just started a new job and was not able to go.He told me I would make $100.00 a day!,that was big money back then. I kind of regret not going but It was a small company and if I left it would have been rough on them.

Sifu Jim

[sanjuro_ronin]

San-juro,
I think you are right about the Dragon Form,he also was throwing stars at wooden dummies.Ralph Shun was in it also,and lots of other people .Sifu Ark Wong called me and wanted me come down and get in the movie with him,How ever I was living out of state at the time and just started a new job and was not able to go.He told me I would make $100.00 a day!,that was big money back then. I kind of regret not going but It was a small company and if I left it would have been rough on them.

Sifu Jim

Kam Yuen was there too if I recall.
Too bad that show had David Carradine.

[bakxierboxer]

Kam Yuen was there too if I recall.
Too bad that show had David Carradine.

... and John Leoning.
(although I thought that Kam was in some of the later shows)

[The Xia]

I remember reading how your sifu was involved with the TV Series. It's great to hear that he demoed some of his material. Gives me reason to try to find the clip. What is the dragon form like? Does Ng Ga have a form for each animal?

[bakxierboxer]

hELLO Bakxierboxer,

I notice you mention John Leoning often and you speak with pride.
Do you know John ? I remember when he first started, John was a very good Martial Artists.

Pride? there is some of that, yes.
Reverence is a bit more like it.

John was my first SiFu.
Most of what I learned from him was Kajukenbo,
but he did "introduce" me to Kung Fu and greatly
influenced my eventual complete transition to TCMA.

I was also uchi deshi, actually living in the kwoon
with a few other like-minded fellows and all we did
was MA, 24/7.
(although there was "a certain amount" of
"Islander influence" added to "what you might expect")

By the way, speaking of Ralph Shun, does anyone
know his senior student Rick Zanotti ?

Yes.
I corresponded with him at some length and also met him a few times.
He talks too much.

Pete

[Jim Anestasi]

Hi Bakxierboxer,
Nice to see you back,I thought talking about John would bring you out.Anyway it nice to talk with you again.G.M.Ark Wong was a real showman,all you had to have was a camera,he really enjoyed performing in front of a crowd. I have been looking in boxes of old stuff hoping to find a picture of John,I know I have one,but so far it hasn't showed up. I will let you know if I find it.
Sifu Jim

[bakxierboxer]

Hi Bakxierboxer,
Nice to see you back,I thought talking about John would bring you out.
Anyway it nice to talk with you again.

?????
Who WAS I "talking with"?
Is there some kinda Wah Que Borg-Collective out there?

G.M.Ark Wong was a real showman,all you had to have was a camera,he really enjoyed performing in front of a crowd.

It was always easier to communicate that way than talking.
Only 2 of my teachers ever had much in the way of English, and even they "did better" demoing.

I have been looking in boxes of old stuff hoping to find a picture of John,I know I have one,but so far it hasn't showed up. I will let you know if I find it.

Thanks, whatever you can do is much appreciated.

Sifu Jim

So, now you're Mr. Smiley?

Pete

[Jim Anestasi]

The Xia,
As to your question about the Dragon Form, I was taught a long hand,wide stance style,of G.M.Wong 's Hung Ga style. It was a dynamic set and very long.It was called Dragon plays with pearls.

[Jim Anestasi]

Bakxierboxer,Haven't I always been ??.

Jim

[bakxierboxer]

Bakxierboxer,Haven't I always been ??.

Jim

See that!?
Now there's no Smiley at all!

Originally you were "Sifu Jim Anestasi "

Then it was "Sifu Jim "

Now?????
(maybe there IS a Wah Que Borg-Collective?)

(you DO know that I'm just kiddin' around?)

Pete