But tat mau wongs lion dance videos are really good. Just his lion dance stuff. In fact I would recommend Tat mau's Lion Dance vids to learn about lion dance and how to do it and learn it. As for forms, I have learned a few from videos, but learning that way for me is really boring But I understand how you mean about no access otherwise and that is what vids are for really.
Be aware that you are going to innately add your own flavour to any forms you learn from video simply because you don't get correction or you get limited reminders on sections in the video and those are subject to your own interpretation. If at all possible, share and exchange forms with others. That is, if you like the forms. Pretty much every advanced practitioner who is able to exchange forms will know at least one that you are going to like and want to learn. This has been true for me at least.
A lot of schools are introducing belt systems these days for two main reasons. People expect it and, to make a living, you often need to give people a little of what they want. As schools and organisations get bigger, it's easier for people to keep track of what people know this way and to have a more standardised curriculum of teaching. Kung fu didn't traditionally have a belt system, but things change and evolve over time.
As long as the instruction is good and the kung fu is solid, it doesn't really matter if and how a teacher marks his students' progress.
Mo Lung, that's the most reasoned answer to that question I've seen here for quite a while except for that last line :p Plum Blossom all the way ; Of course, traditionally no martial arts had coloured belts. Kano adopted the system from swimming :confused: when he created Judo, for the latter reason, and as Judo was probably the first mainstream martial art in the West, it's coloured our perception. Having belts doesn't necessarily make a McDojo despite what people here may say ; , however having expensive gradings with expensive belts and certificates and expensive "ceremonies" every 4 weeks does :mad:.
And for sake of asking He also takes the first part of the video to explain new techniques, done slow and fast, with explanations. He also tosses in drills, which are sections of the form he is teaching. He does charge for testing at level 4 and 5, though. I own one from Lee Koon Hung's brother. It's an iron fan form, but for the most part it is just the form, and then the form in slo-mo.
He also has a drunken style tape, which looked interesting. I'm not personally aware of any in that area of Germany, but it could be worth a web search. I don't think you'll have much luck with Iraq. I don't think even Wong Doc Fai has got there yet.
My sifu, the late Lee Koon Hung has a student that teaches in Germany. His kung fu is quite good. His website is www. Look in the products section. I think my Sifu's form is the best but , of course, I'm a little biased. His tapes are pretty good. He shows the forms from several different angles and speeds. Is there even a pure Panther form for CLF or another style?
Panther Forever!!! Get them while you can, I don't think these are being reproduced anymore, so they are quite valuable. As far as I know, we have a a crane form and a tiger form. Don't know about the other Animals. Pretty much the same but slightly different. I have seen a few different versions all with the same general moves but each slightly different.
No video though. Funny how leopard seems to be the most rare on it's own when it's usually features linear punching and kicking. From what I've seen of my Sifu's Leopard, it's essence lies in the evasiveness and wit of an animal that's not as neccesarily as strong as it's bigger striped brother. Striking the knuckles of a straight punch, striking at the bracheal radialus muscle of the forearm on a hookpunch. It's also probably one of the least "available" because, as I was told, it's the least developed of the core animal styles, and the most physicall demanding.
I'll attest to the second half, extremely cardiovascularly demanding. Yes, leopard requires strong legs in order to do the lunging attacks, and good upper body strength. I think Choy Lay Fut managed to develop it much more than other styles, we use it more than the other animals. Our style of Choy Lay Fut has a pure Leopard form in it. Often called the "Green Cloud Monastery" by mistake The form is very hot, moves and quite a few groundfighting techniques.
Has all the common moves you associate with the Leopard, but has some very funky throws that I haven't ever seen anyone else do. I have always been a great admierer of your Late Master and would very much like to see his branch of CLF.
An old training borther of mine stopped by and dropped off one of Wong Sifu's Panther Videos, because he has since quit KF. I already checked DFW's website cause he has a lot of forms listed , but it wasn't there. Any of my fellow CLF'ers know the answer? This name similarity had me confused for a long time. I have a home video tape from master LKH which was made during that time, where they zoom into a peace of paper with the names of the forms performed. On that it says its called 'war escape form'.
Fu pows breaking holds fist is probably the closest. Breaking holds is a definition that Lily Lau uses for their form that shares the same name. When I asked my wife to translate it she kept saying something about going to war or into a battle.
She can be a pain in the arse when trying to get something translated. I pretty much did a direct translation from the characters and it came up as something like "break hold" or "break away. Fu-Pow: One thing I have learned is that for so reason or another translating of the characters is not always enough. Cantonese tend to use a lot of slang and as you probably already know there are a lot of multiple meanings for characters.
I just asked my wife about it becuase she wrote out a lot of the curriculum for sifu years ago. According to her the 2nd character "tsin" means war. It could be like ping kuen where the character for ping means both level and peaceful. Some translate the form as level fist and others peaceful fist. I think I got "break holds" from some other translation. On the curriculum I made for my Sifu I wrote "circle out. CLFNole, about a year or so back i send you that video tape. Not sure if you ever received it.
Now his top level Instructors who themselves have achieved the ranks of Master s, Sifus, and Black Belt Instructors, lead the way in the Kung Fu industry from USA to South America where his home schools and his affiliates continue to help people gain health, fitness, and confidence through learning the traditional art of Kung Fu.
There are very few Masters who can achieve success in the ring and in operating schools that maintain a high level of training for such a long period of time.
And, there are very few schools who can claim direct lineage to the real Masters of their style. Grand Master Wong has continued to train and illustrate the love of learning and continued to pass on his knowledge and expertise to his Instructors.
Grandmaster Tat Mau Wong. November Grand Master Wong was honored at an International Martal Arts event in Malaysia, inducted into their Hall of Fame There are very few Masters who can achieve success in the ring and in operating schools that maintain a high level of training for such a long period of time.
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