| Tradition... | | Si-Fu's Blog
| By Si- Fu onWednesday, October 08, 2008 | |
| Good morning. Lasted night I visited the school in Bromley. What in fact was only meant to be a rather fleeting visit (simply to teach one of the teachers a private lesson before the evening classes commenced) ended up being rather longer… Despite teaching Wing Tsun for many years now I still enjoy teaching as much as when I started; for me, in my heart, nothing has changed about Wing Tsun no matter the level or knowledge I have received. If anything my attachment to this beautiful art has grown stronger and deeper as the years have progressed. There are many different ways of controlling your ego, but I believe (as indeed was taught to me by my Sifu) that if you really want to be a true master you also must remember that innocent boy inside you when you started, and his love for the art; you must keep your connection with him as keeps you ... |  | |
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| Believe... | | Si-Fu's Blog
| By Si- Fu onTuesday, September 30, 2008 | |
| Good morning. I would like to write about the recent Chi-Gerk seminar. I apologise for not writing sooner, I have been literally teaching non-stop since then. Time permitting I will try to relate some of the interesting events that have happened in the past few weeks. The seminar proved to be every bit as special as it promised.  There are a number of reasons for this, but not least was the fact that so many students made the effort to attend. It was nice to see students that could not attend the whole seminar still coming to least one of the sessions. There are few things in martial arts can make a master more satisfied than to see students happily training together the art that he loves… It was also good to see members of the d ... | | |
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| Another thank you... | | Si-Fu's Blog
| By Si- Fu onThursday, September 11, 2008 | |
| Good morning. I would like to thank all the people who wrote to me recently expressing their agreement with, and belief in, what was written in my post on the 10th August. I have had quite a large number of emails, from both martial artists and non-martial artists alike. It is always nice to know when something is well-received, so I appreciate those people taking the time to let me know. I am also happy if I can help people see what is right and what is wrong. It certainly doesn’t always make me popular – but thankfully this is not the role of a master. If we are going to make the world we live in the place it should be, it needs people more to stand up and say what they believe… | |
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| Grading preparation | | Si-Fu's Blog
| By Si- Fu onMonday, September 08, 2008 | |
| Greetings. The classes this week are dedicated to grading preparation and recapping the material that has been taught for the last 2/3 months. It is advisable that all students attend at least one of the classes this week as it will be covering a lot of ground. As readers of my blog will be aware, I believe that grading plays an important part in the development of the students (see previous posts for more details), so the teachers will also be speaking to the each student as to what is the suitable level for them. To make sure that the situation is clear about the grading, no-one is permitted to enter for a grading that they are not sufficiently prepared for. I have to say it is the opinion of myself and the teachers that count in this matter, not that of the students. The teachers and myself ... | | |
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| Thank you | | Si-Fu's Blog
| By Si- Fu onSaturday, September 06, 2008 | |
| Good evening. I would like to thank the students for their presents and cards – it was kind of you.
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| Almost untouchable... | | Si-Fu's Blog
| By Si- Fu onMonday, September 01, 2008 | |
| Good morning. Today I would like to write, as promised, a few words about the forthcoming Chi-Gerk seminar (12th, 13th and 14th September). I previously mentioned that this seminar is the highlight of the seminar year for the schools. I don’t say this lightly, but I in fact believe that its teachings will be so exclusive that it will be the highlight of all the seminars I have taught to date… Chi-Gerk is, in essence, the developing of automatic reflexes with your legs - exactly the same concept as that of Chi-Sau. As I mentioned in my last post it is the last part of the system that you learn before you have mastered the whole unarmed part of the art. Th ... | | |
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| Exclusive... | | Si-Fu's Blog
| By Si- Fu onFriday, August 29, 2008 | |
| Good morning. In case you haven’t seen already, the pictures from the summer seminar are in the gallery. The next seminar will be the Chi-Gerk seminar which takes place in Dulwich on 12th, 13th and 14th September. This is the highlight of the seminar year; it will cover extremely exclusive material that is only ever normally taught just before mastering the whole unarmed Wing Tsun system. It is unlikely I will be repeating this, at least in the near future, so I would strongly suggest that students make every effort to attend. I will be writing in more detail about it in ... | | |
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