Hi Frank,
Since you are one of us, no matter how crazy you can be, I still have time for you, brother.
The world is one big village now, you can open doors just by an email or just by knocking.
There are thousands of CLF prctitioners all over the world and the lineage of each branch is still very strong. Something unusual for a style of CMA perhaps with the exception of Chen Taiji.
Instead of sharing information and break down the isolation and treachery of our past, we (meaning the electronic generation) put our heads in the sand and ignore the vast knowledge and tradition of this fine art. Soon, these old guys will all drop dead and all we have left is an empty shall.
Frank, you go to Futshan regularly, instead of dropping by King Mui, you chose to ignore it out of your lopped sense of loyality. Do you know the old guys in China they talked to each other egularly?
There are video of all shades of CLF, look how players from each branch move , especially the shape of their limbs and the way the body moves and you will notice the subtle difference between a Ngoi Nim Sau and a Ngei Nim Sau. Guys in Futshan or King Mui don’t move like Chui.
That was the way they did it to keep out the lazy and the school jumping students (those who can’t wait to set up their own branch) but there is no dedication to the art or keeping secrets any more, so all you have to do is to be humble enough to ask and we can’t even do this to each other.
Even we cannot do it or want to do it, it is good to know the difference. We will get a good sense of how the art evolved from the past to the present.
If you still don’t know what I am talking about, then I will elaborate, it is very easy to see when we are told what to look for.
I give you a hint, look at Fu-Pow’s clip, although he is quite sloppy and not in very good shape, he moves differently to Chui and his students. Can you tell me in what way?
EJ