Franks Photos
Here is the start of Franks Photos, more to follow:
My appoligies for it not being as crisp as I woudl like. I promise to work on the image as I have more time.
[This message was edited by Sihing73 on 11-29-01 at 09:50 AM.]
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Yet more photos from Frank
Hello,
Here are more photos of Franks Trip and there are still more to come.
Peace,
Dave
This is it
This is the last of the Photos. I added my own comment to one photo but hope Frank does’nt mind.
Peace,
Dave
Thanks for taking the time to write up your expedition.
Sounds very good to me.
Regards
Martin Foot
Body Mind & Spirit Kung Fu
Excellent, Frank. Looked like you guys really enjoyed yourselves. Same again next year?
I see that Cliff Au Yeung is a small guy, and him and a few of his guys are fairly well built, what are their standard like? What about the others you’ve touched hands with, ie, Yuen Yim Keung and Chen (?)?
Other than CAY, YYK, WKL and a few others, did you get to visit others schools - Ng Chun Hong, Chiu Hok Yin, the Yip brothers, Tsui Sheung Tin, etc.?
PS, Where are you in the photos? Thanks again.
Great!
Thanks for the details and pics of your trip… Sounds like you had a blast!!
Dai yut tow dai 
Great story and great pics! You leave us all green with envy.
You European’s sure drink alot of beer! 
How much did your entire trip cost?
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So many questions!
First off, thanks Sihing for taking the time to post my pictures.
Sau Lau Chung, Cliff is indeed a small guy, but extremely strong and well built. His standard is excellent, as you would expect from a direct student of WSL who has practiced for decades.
As he is small, once he gets in close, you are pretty much screwed, as he is able to uproot you with ease.
I will ask my friends who chisaoed more with him for their comments. I personally spent more time with his students than him. We didnt get a chance to roll with Yuen Yim Kuen and Chen Kin Man, as they were instructing.
And no, didnt get the chance to visit Ng Chun Hong, or Chiu Hok Yin, which was disappointing. Im not sure whether Chiu Hok Yin has an active class at the moment? The general consensus was that we had a good training place at Cliff’s, we decided to spend most of our time there to cement our already good relationship with him and his students.
As mentioned in Part 1, we did run briefly into Yip Chin during his class, but their lineage’s interpretation is very different from WSLs, and since the main thrust of the trip is to visit students of WSL, and as we had not arranged a meeting beforehand, we made to further effort to meet up. As far as I known, Tsui Sheung Tin was not around this time, which is a shame, as he is a really nice guy, who made me feel very welcome on my first trip to HK for the conference 3 years ago.
As for where I am in the photos? Behind the camera most of the time. On the “Cliff and Group” photo, Im the pink blob just up from the first row squatting on the right, between the guys in the white and black tshirt. On the “Frank Having Fun” picture, the guy with black tshirt, grey combats, dancing with the girl in bra top.
Mun Hung, the trip cost £650, from London, including the hotel for 7 nights. The flight was on Cathay Pacific, excellent, the hotel was decent, aircon, ensuite, clean and roomy. The cost is based on sharing a twin bed room. If, like me, you dont like the idea of sharing with your mates smelly feet, you could pay an extra £100 for a single room.
The big evening meals cost about £15 to £20 each, drinks included. Spending money? You could get away with maybe £150 on top of that, depending on how you like to live. I probably blew an extra £600, but did buy an mp3 player, and its my main holiday of the year. So lets say, overall maybe £750 minumum all told.
The funny thing is, I dont touch beer at all in England, I hardly drink. Maybe a glass of red wine in the evening, and an alchopop or two down the pub. I guess HK brings out the worst in me.
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