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    Who said "Mo gong kau, gong sau" ?

    Does anyone which WC Sifu said this?
    Mo gong kau, gong sau "Don't talk with the mouth, talk with the hands"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Redmond View Post
    Does anyone which WC Sifu said this?
    Mo gong kau, gong sau "Don't talk with the mouth, talk with the hands"
    that was before the interweb

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    Quote Originally Posted by k gledhill View Post
    that was before the interweb
    Good one. If there is no video then it never happened.
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    That was a general TCMA saying and was used by many TCMA teachers in different styles. This attitude is similiar to, "If you think you are good, try me and show me what you got". This spirit had kept TCMA to be combat realistic in the past. Today, we have a different attitude such as, "I'll sue you if you dare to touch me."
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    Quote Originally Posted by YouKnowWho View Post
    That was a general TCMA saying and was used by many TCMA teachers in different styles. This attitude is similiar to, "If you think you are good, try me and show me what you got". This spirit had kept TCMA to be combat realistic in the past. Today, we have a different attitude such as, "I'll sue you if you dare to touch me."
    Then it may not have been a WC person specifically. Thanks.
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    It was PB-- but it got lost in translation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Redmond View Post
    Then it may not have been a WC person specifically. Thanks.
    One day my teacher's teacher was not in school, someone visted there and asked some CMA questions, my teacher used that opportunity to "show-off" his CMA knowledge in front of strangers (he was only 17 years old). Suddently his teacher came back, slapped on his face, and said, "Gong-Fu is for training and not for talking".
    Last edited by YouKnowWho; 05-22-2011 at 08:24 PM.

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    Does anyone which WC Sifu said this?
    Mo gong kau, gong sau "Don't talk with the mouth, talk with the hands"
    Perhaps the Sifu was deaf?
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    Quote Originally Posted by anerlich View Post
    Perhaps the Sifu was deaf?
    Hey, it could've been "talk to the hand' lol
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