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From what i read in the first wing chun book that GM Ip Chun produced with Michael Tse, he picked up his training once he left for hongkong in his thirties.
he had trained previously, though when training became outlawed in the mainland, he discontinued, to pick it back up later when he returned to his father.
to his credit though, he had a long laps in training and did return in his thirties.
now a vibrant oldster
Jou Tsung Hua – Late 40s in Tai Chi Chuan (Yang, Wu, and Chen)
Chen Man Ching - 20s in Tai Chi Chuan (Yang)
Law Gwong Yuk – 20 in Seven Star Praying Mantis
Chiu Chi Man – 23 at the Ging Mo, 29 in Seven Star Praying Mantis
Well, all I know is I started at the age of 2 1/8, and I was a Shao-Lin Kuei master (Shao-lin Ninjitsu) by the age of, oh, I don't know, maybe 11? I mastered the kata Dante at the age of 6, when most of you were probably learning how to wipe your own butts.
You have to start young, or you'll be forever wiping your butt with your kung-fu.
Takeshi you are a queer.
Bless you
Wai Lun Choi started training at 18 in Lama Pai. Also studied Muay Thai, Judo, My Jaw Lau Horn, and Northern Shaolin. Started Liu He Ba Fa at 24.
In many bios of the TCMA "old guard," it's often mentioned how so and so started as a child, etc. I started this thread to see how many of the “old guard” that go against this grain so to speak. But has anyone come across people who use the age he started training as a means of self-promotion. Not necessarily to sell classes or anything but to convince others of skills? Yet when you see what they have, it's not all they (or others) crack themselves up to be. There seems to be a mentality that you have to start as a little kid to be great. I don’t know where it comes from. Maybe some of that has to do with PRC-Wushu standards. Wherever it came from I can only see this as discouraging people from taking up martial arts and giving false confidence to people who did start young yet don't necessarily have what others assume they do.
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Q: How old is the Buddha
A: The Buddha is as old as you are!
:-)
Secondly, if you are determined, persistent and correct in your practice, it doesn't matter how old you are when you started. It's not about status points. refer to teh Q&A above.
Kung Fu is good for you.
Also, many people who may have started young, may not have been fully dedicated at a very young age. Many were, but it would be rediculous to assume every person that started MA as a child was serious from the get go. Some people may not have realized the importance of their MA training until a later date when a personal revelation helped them to see what form of dedication is required for their studies.
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.