[QUOTE=ntc;1098530][I]"Originally Posted by Vajramusti
Very wise words Joy, but you previously said…
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Originally Posted by Vajramusti
Hi Glenn- just answering your question- not selling or recruiting
As if others here are? A ‘silent dig’ at the PB boys I wonder??
Many of us here that try to exchange openly with the forum are not ‘selling’ or ‘recriuiting’ too and you might want to remember that
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–> I don’t think Joy meant that; he doesn’t strike me as that type of person. I believe all he was trying to do was to add a disclaimer that he was not trying to promote or sell the Augustine Fong lineage with his positive remarks.
Regarding myself, I have been with Sifu Ho Kam Ming since the early 70s in Macao. Throughout the course of time I’ve had the chance to visit with a number of different Ip Man lineages, including personal acquaintances with WSL, LT, Kenneth Chong, Stephen Chan, Chow Tze Chuen, Francis Fong, and quite a few others themselves. I have to admit, though, I have little to no experience with WC outside the Ip Man line and so cannot comment on them. In addition, I have had the opportunity to do exchanges and research with other styles such as Long Fist, Bak Mei (White Eyebrow), Yau Gong Moon, CLF, Hung Gar, Mok Gar, Southern Dragon, Nan Chuan, as well as the Korean and Japanese styles Tae Kwon Do, Goju Ryu, Karate, and Aikido. And I found that the deeper I dove into kung fu, the more I really appreciated having Sifu Ho Kam Ming as my teacher, and how deeply I really loved WC. He was very meticulous in explaining things to us, made us explore and question what we were doing to make sure we understood and not just do, constantly challenged us, and was adamant about having good, solid foundations as a pre-cursore to the more advanced aspects of WC. If you did not have solid foundation, you were not moved on, and yes, you could leave the school then if you were frustrated. He placed a lot of emphasis on developing reaction skills through close-range sensitivity via Chi Sao, and I have to say that I have not seen too many schools that do Chi Sao the way HKM lineage does it. He was very clear when it came to training and which aspect were a part of building structure, developing WC skills, or getting ready for combats and tournaments. We were all pretty much like a family and we all treated him like a fatherly figure. I have a lot of wonderful memories from that.
I feel very fortunate to have come across HKM at the beginning of my kung fu journey, then having him guide me along the way, and now cherish the opportunity to pass on what I learned to my own students. I have also had the opportunity to train a Golden Glove boxer, Muay Thai fighters, a Navy Seal, law enforcement officers, and fighters from other disciplines, and loved seeing how they were able to apply their newly-acquired WC close-range fighting skills to their style, and how they made themselves much more effecient/effective fighters as a result.
And, just as Joy said, I am not trying to market or sell Ho Kam Ming… just relating back to the title of the thread on why I liked my lineage.[/QUOTE]
The HKM lineage is a very well known and respected lineage amongst the Yip Man VT line in Hong Kong. I have personally met Sifu Lui Ming Fai and had friends who went up to train at his class in Macau a couple years ago. They train exceptional fighters back in the days in Macau. I have nothing but great respect for that lineage. =)
Then, I researched other families and met as many Sifus in the UK as I could to see what the outside world was doing 