The Choy Lay Fut Project

[Lama Pai Sifu]

Ongoing project - shooting video of CLF, new clips each week. Breakdown of techniques, forms, applications, strategy, theory, etc.

I hope everyone likes it, I look forward to your comments, criticism and suggestions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8yUMb5n1i0

[chasincharpchui]

1.wat dialect is 'so choih' meant to be? the way u say it i mean

[yaoli]

very good idea!

since you have asked for suggestion and opinions, i would suggest you use whiping or relaxed power in your sou choi. you have much power i think it will be more power, fast, and you will have less difficulty breathing in your presentation. your waist should be more flexible.

it would be interesting to see how you continue from sou choi because i see that you are a bit unbalancedin your stance.

thank you this is a marvelous idea to spread the tsai lee fut

[Lama Pai Sifu]

Hey, I appreciate that! I'm actually weight training and dieting again as I gained a lot of weight over the past 2 years (I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid). Shooting the videos are a way to help motivate myself to loose some of the weight as well. Having some extra weight also has stiffened me up a bit, so when I get back to my proper weight, I expect to be a bit looser.

All good points, and thanks again for the feedback, it's always welcome!

[street_fighter]

very cool. Keep it up

[yutyeesam]

1.wat dialect is 'so choih' meant to be? the way u say it i mean

Chasin-
When my Sifu (Wong Tat Mau) refers to a leg sweep, he calls it "So Girk". So when Sifu Parella says So Choy to mean sweeping punch, seems to make sense.
Also, I think his dialect is in Toisanese.

-123

[yaoli]

Hey, I appreciate that! I'm actually weight training and dieting again as I gained a lot of weight over the past 2 years (I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid). Shooting the videos are a way to help motivate myself to loose some of the weight as well. Having some extra weight also has stiffened me up a bit, so when I get back to my proper weight, I expect to be a bit looser.

All good points, and thanks again for the feedback, it's always welcome!

please continue your efforts. you are obviously very experienced in tsai lee fut or choy leih faht. maybe you should consider some t.v. show to present because you are a very good speaker for presentations.

i see from other post you are student of Grandmaster Chan. this is good news. make him very proud of your work.

best

[Lama Pai Sifu]

Chasin-
When my Sifu (Wong Tat Mau) refers to a leg sweep, he calls it "So Girk". So when Sifu Parella says So Choy to mean sweeping punch, seems to make sense.
Also, I think his dialect is in Toisanese.

-123

Yes, my Sifu was a Toi San Yan, so some of our terminology is in straight Cantonese, some in Toi San Wah. For example;

Gwa = Cantonese

Ka = Toi San-ese

Sometimes I do not know which is which.

[chasincharpchui]

Chasin-
When my Sifu (Wong Tat Mau) refers to a leg sweep, he calls it "So Girk". So when Sifu Parella says So Choy to mean sweeping punch, seems to make sense.
Also, I think his dialect is in Toisanese.

-123

so girk is cantonese

the so in so girk and the sow in sow choy is different characters

regardless wat dialect of chinese

[lkfmdc]

so girk is cantonese

the so in so girk and the sow in sow choy is different characters

regardless wat dialect of chinese

uh, NO.....

the "so" in "so geuk" and in "so choih" is the same "so", same character 掃 .... to "sweep"...

Now, is there something useful you'd like to say or contribute?

[nospam]

Good stuff. I like the idea and seeing others show and speak of their technique and philosophies.

No matter what a person posts, there will be flamers and nit-pickers.

Keep it up and looking forward to seeing more of your style.

In 2008 I'll be posting footage of Bak Hsing patterns, applications, and hopefully sparring clips as well.

nospam

[hskwarrior]

don't make me run and tell mean gene on your guys!!!!!!

SHEEESE!!!!!! can't we all just get along?

oh.....wait........WTF am i talking about?

have at it boys!!!!!!

[Lama Pai Sifu]

Good stuff. I like the idea and seeing others show and speak of their technique and philosophies.

No matter what a person posts, there will be flamers and nit-pickers.

Keep it up and looking forward to seeing more of your style.

In 2008 I'll be posting footage of Bak Hsing patterns, applications, and hopefully sparring clips as well.

nospam

Thanks, I look forward to checking it out.

[Askari Hodari]

This looks good so far. I like the detailed descriptions.

[PM]

as for sau cheui, 2 characters are used (Yale romanisation of Cantonese + character):

sau cheui 掃搥

saau cheui 哨搥

i like the videos, good job! i am looking forward to see next parts