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Hi,<br><br>Thanks for the interest.<br><br>I shall be seeing Grand Master on September 11th, you shall have an answer soon after that...
sifugen1
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Aug 1, 2001
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I'd like to know if wing chun has sashes or belt or ??? how do go from one level to the other and how long does it approximately take?<br>thank you...
kely_ly
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Aug 16, 2001
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im very new to martial arts, and id like to know the real meaning of chi....<br>thank you!...
kely_ly
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Aug 16, 2001
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Kelly,<br><br>Good question.<br><br>This depends very much on the school.<br><br>In China they say that belts are for holding your trousers up! In the West ...
sifugen1
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Aug 16, 2001
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Kelly,<br><br>Explaining Chi is a bit like describing a colour to a blind man.<br><br>Chi is the life force that flows through our bodies. Certain training and...
sifugen1
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Aug 16, 2001
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thank you<br>do u have different colors of belts? how do u recongnize a 1st form student from a 3rd form studnet?<br>thank you!<br>Kelly...
kely_ly
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Aug 16, 2001
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i heard that there are 10 levels in wing chun? and a gold sash?...
kely_ly
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Aug 16, 2001
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Kelly,<br><br>Yes we have 4 colours in our system, each of which have 4 tags.<br><br>RED = Sil Nim Tao,<br>GREEN = Chum Kiu<br>BROWN = Bil Tze<br><br>and...
sifugen1
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Aug 17, 2001
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Kelly,<br><br>10 levels!<br><br>Depends on the school, what path of Wing Chun they follow and how they are organised.<br><br>Gold Sash! Dont use...
sifugen1
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Aug 17, 2001
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managed to confuse myself!!!(so whats new....)<br>whats the difference between huang sau (hung sau??) and cau sau (spelling??!!)-are they both rotations from ...
nexus692001
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Sep 6, 2001
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Ummm,o.k. it goes like this.<br>Hung sao( I know it as heun sao)refers to a small wrist rotation which can be used to go either from the outside gate to the...
moontyger_2000
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Sep 18, 2001
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Richard,<br><br>Heun Sao is first trained in Sil Nim Tao but few students realise its potential until the play chi sao. A very useful tool for changing gates...
sifugen1
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Sep 18, 2001
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Hello to all...<br><br>I'm currently uploading all my wooden dummy files to my briefcase in Yahoo. These photos include professional wooden dummies, homemade...
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Oct 16, 2001
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Hi everyone! im doing a project, and i need by tomorrow some statistics on how many people practice martial arts, locally, worldwide, etc...<br>could anybody...
kely_ly
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Oct 24, 2001
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questions I ask generally answer themselves..but here goes...<br>faced with an opponent, what are the primary means by which you initiate contact with the wing...
nexus692001
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Nov 19, 2001
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There are a number of ways a wing chun fighter can force the contact.In so called'traditional' style, they hop in on a tangent with one leg cocked in the knee...
moontyger_2000
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Nov 20, 2001
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Is there great significance to the extent of turning ( in terms of the range in degress, not the number of times it's done..) in the first third of the second...
nexus692001
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Dec 10, 2001
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Rich,<br><br>This form as well as other things, helps perfect the turning stance/weight distribution.<br><br>The hips should turn no more than 45 degrees as in...
sifugen1
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Dec 10, 2001
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Hi Steve, it's Chris.<br><br>I'd just like to say thanks for arranging/organizing the christmas meal last night, it was really cool and fun, and thanks for ...
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Dec 19, 2001
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Wishing all the students of Lun Kuen and members of this club a happy festive season.<br><br>May your skills be kept to yourself.<br><br>Best...
sifugen1
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Dec 23, 2001
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Happy New Year to all<br><br>Wishing you peace and good fortune in 2002.<br><br>Steve....
sifugen1
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Jan 1, 2002
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I get frustrated at times, most teachers do. Not that I have anything to complain about with my students, they are a great bunch. <br><br>I guess its just that...
sifugen1
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Jan 8, 2002
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I can remember when I first came across Wing Chun years ago that I gave short shrift to the idea of generating large amounts of power over short distances as...
nexus692001
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Feb 28, 2002
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Seems that some students get a kick out of performing a form quickly, or skimp on some of the more subtle moves. I guess this is expected to some degree, as...
sifugen1
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Mar 13, 2002
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As the cat has everybody elses tongue, I'll step into the breach :-) Isn't wing chun particular amongst martial arts for the style in which a fowm is...
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Mar 21, 2002
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Rich, Correct, Wing Chun is one of the few forms I know that is based around the human body rather than trying to emulate the movements of another creature. ...
sifugen1
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Mar 24, 2002
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Hi, The main thing that caught my interest when I fell into Wing Chun after doing other styles since the mid 70's was the speed at which the techniques were...
sifugen1
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May 19, 2002
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the lunkuenacademyofwingchun group. File...
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Pete, You are welcome to join the site, pass comment and join in any of the duscussions, but please do not use it for advertising. Wing Chun only Ok ! ... ...
sifugen1
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May 26, 2002
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Can Mungo practise Wing Chun on advertisers massteerrrr? *grunt* ?...
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