Request for information - Toronto Area

[David Jamieson]

I think I've seen it. Twin Dragons?

Wasn't very impressed.

Shotokan is generally pretty respectable though...

shotokan won't have you free sparring and will have you dong mostly kata work, some drills and occasional kumite (what they consider sparring).

You will get out of anything what you put into it though.

If you check out Hong Luck on Spadina & Dundas I believe they offer san shou now as well as trad chinese martial arts.

http://www.hongluck.org

and you can get there via subway all the way!

[SimonM]

If you check out Hong Luck on Spadina & Dundas I believe they offer san shou now as well as trad chinese martial arts.

http://www.hongluck.org

and you can get there via subway all the way!

I've been considering Hong Luck. I spend enough time in the neighbourhood that it could work out for location.

Have you trained with them at all?

[sanjuro_ronin]

I've been considering Hong Luck. I spend enough time in the neighbourhood that it could work out for location.

Have you trained with them at all?

Good school, good CLF.
Was there for a bit but found something more to my liking and left but that was like 90 or 91 from what I recall.

[SimonM]

Thanks guys. I was kind of hoping the two of you could recommend a place and voila!

I'll check them out.

[David Jamieson]

I've been considering Hong Luck. I spend enough time in the neighbourhood that it could work out for location.

Have you trained with them at all?

Nope. They are CLF, I'm Hung.
Still, I've trained with others who have experience there and have corresponded with a few others.

Paul has a good reputation as a teacher and I have actually never once heard anything bad about his club. Only good things and my impressions of those who studied in his school were always positive.

Also, he has a tremendously long track record, the oldest Kung Fu school in Toronto etc etc etc.

Probably right up your alley man.

[SimonM]

Thank you kindly.

[sanjuro_ronin]

I'd love to take you one myself dude, but I can't even manage time to meet up with David and Rob or Bawang !
Sucks to have such limited time but such is life.
Between running the business, two kids and training myself with a 1 hour window between 5 and 6...I have become a 6th degree BB in juggling !!

[SimonM]

LOL Awesome comment. Yeah, life can get hectic, I'm working full time, have two volunteer jobs, am trying to sell my book, am going back to school in September, so I KNOW busy but I decided I needed to get back into martial arts and back into working out again.

[David Jamieson]

...I have become a 6th degree BB in juggling !!

I sense a Uki challenge coming from this...lol

[SimonM]

Is Uki still around then? Most awesome troll ever.

[Violent Designs]

Have you considered Toronto Buk Sing Kwoon.

[SimonM]

I haven't heard of them. What do they teach?

[SimonM]

I'm also looking into the JiFeng Martial Arts Club. It's encouraging that their video footage is all sparring and they apparently specialize in BaJi (which I've wanted to learn for a few years now).

[Violent Designs]

I haven't heard of them. What do they teach?

They teach Choy Lay Fut Buk Sing the third distinct line of CLF. Most of the focus is on applications, sparring and fighting principle as befitting of all Buk Sing schools.

But of course it is just a recommendation, and I am not familiar with Toronto CMA scene, that is the only place I know a bit of information on.

BDBSK who posts here trains at that place.

[Brule]

Some links for CMA in the GTA:

http://www.quocwaikungfu.com/
http://www.wix.com/torontobsk/toronto-buk-sing-kwoon
http://fightingfaction.com/

More internal stuff...

http://www.chiinnature.com/