Being new to the forum and searching for a kung fu school in the bay area, I came across this teacher Troy Dunwood who teaches the eight immortals style in Oakland, California. I called and asked if I could watch one of the classes and he agreed. I was quite surprised to see this style focus on martial technique and not so much of the exagerated motions of some other systems. But what truly got my attention with this guy was the way he used his power and the fact that he does movements that cause you to react and then he follows through with a technique very different than the one he made you react to in the first place. Overall he is really a nice guy who shared alot of information with me. I truly look at drunken boxing in a different light now that i’ve seen it up close and personal. Sifu Troy Dunwood has the skills and the knowledge and I advise anyone who’s thinking about learning kung fu to check this guy out, he not only teaches eight immortals style, but choy lee fut, hung gar and wing chun too.
Ya I read about the 8 immortals drunken fist post Sifu Dunwood made a while back. That part about misdirection in attacked was mentioned. Well it’s good to see a student express the likes of the system. I would like to take a look at the classes and maybe even enroll if I wasn’t down here in LA. :rolleyes:
Good for you! I hear Troy is a great sifu and real gentleman. Good luck in your training!
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Guardian, thanks for the compliment
nyhakka, thanks for the kind words
It is very important to myself to dispel the real from the unreal concernining my teachers family style. I truly feel like its my sole duty to cut away at all the hocus pocus concerning drunken boxng and get to the realness of this fighting style, for the world at large, because most have a concept of movie and or contemporary wushu, but we fight and fight for real and this is the difference. Everyone that have come to visit me asking about drunken boxing have joined my club, no i’m not tooting my horn, its just a statement of fact to the realness and true practibility of this kung fu. As a student of choy lee fut, hung gar gar, wing chun, buk sil lum and others the eight immortals style has presented me with the complete package it truly is a all encompassing system.
[QUOTE=tungmojingjung;720857]Guardian, thanks for the compliment
nyhakka, thanks for the kind words
It is very important to myself to dispel the real from the unreal concernining my teachers family style. I truly feel like its my sole duty to cut away at all the hocus pocus concerning drunken boxng and get to the realness of this fighting style, for the world at large, because most have a concept of movie and or contemporary wushu, but we fight and fight for real and this is the difference. Everyone that have come to visit me asking about drunken boxing have joined my club, no i’m not tooting my horn, its just a statement of fact to the realness and true practibility of this kung fu. As a student of choy lee fut, hung gar gar, wing chun, buk sil lum and others the eight immortals style has presented me with the complete package it truly is a all encompassing system.[/QUOTE]
I think that is true of all styles brother!! You’re very lucky to have found that in your sifu. Interesting stuff I’d like to see more.
Nice marketing! :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=Fook Kuil;721861]Nice marketing! :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Nice handle:rolleyes:
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Eight Immortal kung fu as taught by my teachers family is very fight oriented, it truly is a fighting style in every sense of the word. When most folks speak on deception it is usually those of exaagerated motions of one who appears to be drunk or under the influence of alcohol. Although this may be true for some styles and the focal point for many it is not this way within the Eight Immortals curriculum, I say on many instances do white crane stylists spend the majority of their time portaying the crane? No, likewise we don’t spend the majority of our time acting drunk. However when it comes to fighting skill and techniques I was taught by my teacher that first we must understand the nature of a drunk, sounds kinda funny, but when we understand the nature we translate that into fighting. For example a drunk is mostly blatant, carefree, moody, antagonistic, quiet, happy etc, all these trait i’m sure many have witnessed by someone in their lifetime, what our previous generations have done is translated those traits into fighting, mind you now those above mentioned traits in our curriculum are not all associated with being drunk. I think its pretty cool how the elder generations took the time out to study the characteristics of one consumed with alcohol and translate it into fighting skill. Personally, I think this is what gives our system its unique identity in comparison to what others do. The saying of “One hand lies, and the other tells the truth” is very fitting for this kung fu. In all actuality, my opinion is that all styles are great with valuable contents, although we must have a competent instructor to aide in getting the best out of it, after that its a indiviual journey of self expression, that will take you outside the boundaries of any style.
Wish I was there…
Man, I joined hte only school in ATL that teaches Eight Immortals–thing is, you gotta wade through like four years of forms collecting to get to that point, and it’s the only thing I really want. Ah well, I’ll be physically ready for it when it comes around. I’m already able to push out a good number of one-legged squats. And I’ve learned an elementary drunken form–not Eight Immortals, but drunken nevertheless…
****, it must be good to live in CALI…