Taiwan Gung Fu Documentary

A documentary of Taiwanese Gung Fu courtesy of Quan:

courtesy of Kwan;

Le Banner works the focus dummy. These moves can be modified for a wooden dummy;

Master Sken kicking;

Teachers

The two biggest influences on what I do.

I am honoured to have been taught Wing Chun Gung-Fu by Leung, Kwok Keung. I started training with him in 1993 and continued until he passed away in 2004. He was (and continues to be, my beloved ’sifu’. I learnt the entire ‘Hei Ban’ or Opera Company/Red Boat line of Wing Chun from him and am one (of only two) inheritors of the system outside of mainland China. I hope I can keep the torch burning and banner raised for this line of southern Gung Fu.

I am blessed to receive guidance from Jesse Glover, who has been a huge influence over what I do since I met him in 2004. A practitioner of Non-Classical Gung Fu, Jesse has given me an understanding of the importance of core, simplistic and explosive skills. He has also helped fine tune my body mechanics.

My coven of fighters had an opportunity to do some grappling. I’m privileged that a top grappling coach and his female assistant took my guys through some ground fighting basics. With some luck, we may have laid the foundations for something special as there is an opportunity for my guys to receive regular grappling coaching. Watch this space, bitches.

I’m a bit sore. My conditioning is good despite not having grappled in a little while.

Rule 1

Rule 1

Close the door on protein powder. say no to pills and concoctions. no creatine, Udo oil. no glutamine. no HMB, testosterone, HGH. No 5 hour energy, Rockstar or Red Bull. No blending milk and powder. No blending bananas. No more blender. throw the blender out of the fuckin window (at a ‘personal trainer’ preferably)  No ephedrine, no diet pills. No thermogenics. No health food shops, no bullshit advice from body builders who know nothing about nothing. No bullshit advice from doctors who know nothing about nutrition. No nutritionists, personal trainers and bootcamp bollocks. No crossfit, P90x, body for fuckin life. No wii fit, no gym fees, no working out like hampsters in a cage on elliptical trainers. No fuckin jogging. I hate joggers. No running, (see ‘ joggers’). no arguing, bickering or politics.

this is the first rule of getting fit and being a functional fighter.

video showing boxing footwork drills;

Grudgingly…

“The swordsman was then aware that among the rest there was a large demon whose nose was not so very long and whose wings were not so apparent. His robes and headdress were arranged properly and he sat elevated above the others. This demon said, “What each of you has argued is not without principle. In the past, martial artists were serious, their resolution was absolutely sincere, they worked soundly on technique, and were neither daunted nor lazy. Such men believed what their instructors passed on to them, made great efforts day and night, tested their techniques, spoke with their friends about their doubts, mastered what they studied, and awakened themselves to principles. For this reason, what they acquired penetrated deeply within them. At first their instructors would teach them techniques, but say nothing of the principles that were hidden within them. They only waited for their students to uncover those principles for themselves. This is called ‘drawing the bow, but not releasing the arrow.’ And its not that they spoke grudgingly. They simply wanted the students to use their minds, and to master what they were studying in the interval.” excerpt from The Demons Sermon on Martial Arts by Chozanshi