In the beginning of teaching, GM Pai taught Kempo to students, and then later on decided to teach the kungfu he learned from his father to students. The kungfu he has, he learned from his father and is stuff he learned from his family and so is a family line. Sure, it may differ and be called different things, but it is the same thing. The same is true with the Yang long form, it has variations, but there are 2341251345356 variations of the long form, yet the moves are all the same. With the forms and especially with Taijiquan, things can vary, yet still be true to being what it is. You will also find the people's Taijiquan forms change as they grow in development and work different things.
So, GM Pai learned kungfu from his family and is something that is passed down in his family. His father sent him to learn Kempo in Okinawa.
The Pai Lum system is a blend of all GM Pai knew: Tradional Kungfu, Kempo, Chi Gung, and Yang family style Taijiquan. I believe that is a great system and none of the stuff is made up. The teachings of GM Pai also include more than just the physical martial arts and seem to be very buddist in nature.
Maybe worth looking into, next to you meet a Pai Lum student (that isn't new).
Last edited by unixfudotnet; 11-30-2004 at 09:07 AM.
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