Before I tell you guys what I think of him, what do you think?
A Sifu of the old school, very good, extremly quick and real in applacation of 7* mantis.
enjoy life
bamboo leaf
I don’t think that you can say he’s very good. I think he’s okay, not the best and not the worst. As for as application, he knows what he’s doing for the most part. But his main weakness is that he uses too much power. When you use too much power , you can’t be flexible wtih your technique. If you use too much power then in a fight, the strongest person wins. If you are flexible and use the right amoutn of power, then true skill will determine a fight. He also does his forms slow so it lacks smoothness and spring action. Everying is there but he needs to make the form flow.
your right you don’t think.
enjoy life
bamboo leaf
word unless you will come forward and show your skill please dont post about others thanks.
Bamboo,
Think? You said " YOUR RIGHT." Let me correct your grammer. It’s Y O U ’ R E.
Now about Brenden Lai. You don’t agree with me that he uses too much power? THis is a respectful discussion about Lai. I have more respect for him than other sifus.
word do you even train in the arts? If so then who is your Sifu? If not then why are you posting? All I have seen from your posts are slams of well respected Sifu’s. You dont need to answer me unless you want to tell us who you are untill then you will just be a troll.
WORD you are so lacking in the basics that no one really listens to what you say. The fact is that no one with the necessary qualifications to make these judgements WOULD.
Lack basics my foot. You guys honestly don’t have the sharp eye to see what he has NO spring action?
I wasn’t sure before, but now i’m positive. You are a complete moron. What’s next? Bruce Lee Yelled too much or Jackie Chan has too much hair? To much power? Jeez, this is such hogwash. Next you’ll say that they are all to short for kung fu or too…whatever.
It looks like none of you know what praying mantis spring action is. Abel can you tell me what spring action comes from? If you keep pausing then you lose that spring action. WHen you do a form, it’s best not to pause. Think of it as a chain whip. It keeps going cycle after cycle. If you stop the whip, then you have to generate power again. Same thing goes for hand forms. If you stop at every movement you won’t have the power cycle from the previous movement to carry onto the next. Get it moron?
yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz snivel on…
I would like to know if Brenden Lai knows Southern Mantis also?
[This message has been edited by Sam (edited 07-23-2000).]
Word, how do you initiate your “chut sing gwat sao”? From inside out, or from outside in?
Peace
word you idiot Brenden Lai had a huge storke some years back its incredible he can do kung fu at all and as for you word, Well where do you train? I would love to hear what your Sifu thinks of all the shit you talk if you have a Sifu that is, And for the record I dont think you do.
He posted before that his Sifu does not want his name to be made public. For what reason I don’t know..Word can you at least tell me what STYLE you study? Thanks for any response.
Respectfully,
Daryl
He has said that he studies 7* mantis under the Wong Hun Fun lineage. Is that true? Who knows.
Peace
Word,
Are there any sifu’s that you do respect? I am just curious. It seems to me that you do not respect any sifu’s here in the US. I am also curious, what are your feelings about Sifu Su Yu Chang, Sifu John Cheng, Sifu He Jian Bao, Sifu Adam Hsu, Sifu Wu Song Fa? who are the sifu’s you actually do respect? What are your credentials to judge these sifu’s? I am just really curious.
You must eat bitter before you can taste sweet.
Of your list, I respect Su Yu Chang and Adam Hsu. Their skill level is high. I also respect Chan Poi,Ken Chung and Ben Derr. I posted this in another thread. Loki, can you translate that movement in english please? I will tell you how I perform that move .
Brendan Lai is my Si Gung and while it is very tempting for me to resort to an ad hominem attack in response to Word’s inflammatory argument, I shall refrain from doing so.
How much power is “too much power”? Isn’t this very subjective? For example, if I am capable of a total of 100 Kilojoules of output but only use 20 Kilojoules it would only represent 20% of my available power. However, if you were only capable of a total of 50 Kilojoules and expended the same 20 Kilojoules, it would represent 40% of your available power. As such, what would be a minor expenditure of energy to me would be a major expenditure of energy to you. I have personally experienced Si Gung’s power AFTER his recovery from his stroke (and he wasn’t even breathing hard). Also, if he had that much power AFTER his stroke, imagine how much power he had BEFORE his stroke. So, unless you know how much “maximum” power someone can generate, you cannot say that he is using “too much power.” As such, your argument about “using too much power preventing flexibility” kind of falls flat.
As for forms, while it is true that Praying Mantis attacks can be continuous, it does not HAVE to be so. The forms are interpreted differently from practitioner to practitioner and even among the students of any one particular Si Fu. And none of them are “wrong” per se. For example, you might interpret moves 1 through 3 in any particular form to be a continous attack, with moves 4 through 7 to be the counterattack. I, on the hand, in the same form, might interpret moves 1 through 5 as a continuous attack with moves 6 and 7 the counterattack. As such, any form has pauses for you to defend, focus your attacks or respond to counterattacks from your opponent. If you have ever done a Ling form in Praying Mantis, you will know this. A continuous attack or defense against a single opponent implies that you are prescient and know what the opponent is going to do next, thus defeating the purpose of forms, particularly Ling forms. And some forms are not merely to demonstrate your moves against one attacker but against multiple attackers coming from different directions (such as when you execute “Bui How Choi Po” and reverse directions for the first time in the Bung Bo form.) How could you possibly be doing a continuous attack against two opponents coming from two radically different directions?
A “Laughing Budda” or “Dai Tao Fut” is usually found cavorting in front of and leading the lion(s) in a Southern Lion Dance troupe.
- I speak for myself and not for my Si Fu nor kwoon, so any errors I make are mine alone.