Does your club or school Lion dance?

[seisei]

Just wondering does your group do Lion Dancing, when My sifu was still alive we did quite a bit of Lion dancing and drumming,we were taught that it was important because of cultural reasons and that it would bring your kung fu to life,
when sifu passed away my senior classmate Jew Leong did quite a bit and now I see that my kung fu nephew Dino has a Hung Sing Lion Dance Team headed by a student of his called si hing jason jay,the only others left (kung fu clubs) doing Lion Dancing to any excess that I have seen are Leung's White Crane, Yau Kung Moon,Bucky's Jing Mo,Hop Sing ,and The Hung Moon group just curious if your schools place much importance on this type of event or do you just do kung fu?
M

[kup choi]

Lion dancing plays a major role in my Sifu's club, I dont think my kung fu would be the same without doing it.

[Mano Mano]

My sifu's school does lion dance & dragon, but personally I don’t think the lion dancing brought my kung fu alive, I would say it improved my footwork. I found that my kung fu came alive only when I practiced kung fu with a live non compliant partner or killed my kung fu if my partner was better than me.

[seisei]

Mano Mano,
very good response ,bringing your kung fu to life is using it and the footwork,breathing and motion thru usage and in Lion Dancing all of this is done and even more,freedom of movement with hand and eye cor-ordination , in most cases unprepared,when i did with my classmates I found my movement breaking away from the forms and becoming part of me it was very helpful in developing "my Style". we did not have or could afford a Dragon in our club in those days in san francisco,as cup cup choi said our club would not be the same without it. thank you M

[David Jamieson]

The school i used to go to had it.

It's part of every traditional school really.

[TenTigers]

lion dancing is one of our lien gung methods. It develops stance, footwork, yeu mah hop yat,power generation, stamina. Our lion is a traditional Fut-San head, not a Hok-San, not a Malaysian lightweight, but a heavy head with three layers of paper and fabric and several coats of polyurathane.To make the Lion come alive requires strength, and power. Each move in our "dance" has applications-strikes, sweeps, throws, kicks, etc. I must admit, it's not as pretty as the flower dances you see today, but there is a time to break with tradition, and a time not to. With the Lion, I choose not to.
perhaps, at this point, I am the one who is breaking tradition!:D

[Jim Anestasi]

Seisei,
We also learned to perform Lion Dance, Ark Wong taught us well. we would perform at different functions. It was always fun back then. Just to let you know.

Jim Anestasi:)

[seisei]

I still workout both kung fu and lion dancing with my grand kids its still fun and I get to pass on our culture, keep up the good work.I'll be 65 by end of this year
M