Omei Bak Mei - Sifu Garry Hearfield is releasing the 1st DVD on the systems core set Yum Yeung Jik Bo Kuen, check it out!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRfnw_M_KKY&feature=channel_video_title
If I may say, couldn’t he have taped somewhere else then his own living room; a bit unprofessional. :mad:
You can say that, but it is more about the information than the living room.
I have seen many so called professional dvd’s that are crap with no real information.
Anyway each to their own..
You forget to take into account we need to see his footwork which is crucial to generate the ging.
What you are seeing are clips of the DVD only. you cannot criticize until you see the whole DVD.
Those who know my Sifu know that it will be completely informative with all the breakdowns for anyone to be able to understand and actually practice the form.
I guarantee no-one will be disappointed!!
This isn’t anything personal; however, when marketing an instructional DVD, one should take into account production. For example, how much he is selling the product for? If he is selling more then $20 then this crucial!
I’ve personally been involved in martial arts video market for 20 years and I seen a lot of strange tapes out there; my favorite ones are the ones produce in golf courses in China. At the end the product has to be assessable to buyer; not a student.
As a student you only see yours shifu’s ability, but the buyer sees other things which go beyond the material and sadly that’s what count in an open market.
Personaly I haven’t commented on his ability or material which I could, but I’m focusing on the most obvious error which is the location of shot which wasn’t a good ideal.
[QUOTE=lungyuil;1122977]Omei Bak Mei - Sifu Garry Hearfield is releasing the 1st DVD on the systems core set Yum Yeung Jik Bo Kuen, check it out!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRfnw_M_KKY&feature=channel_video_title[/QUOTE]
Hey, Sifu Garry promised me a copy when it came out. I still haven’t received it though. Could you ask him when he’ll send it please?
Stepping in the Doo again?
Waiting on LKMF to comment on the Doo and spark things up around here.
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“White Eyebrow Kung Fu of Omei Mountains belonging to the Doo Family”
[QUOTE=Yao Sing;1149936]Waiting on LKMF to comment on the Doo and spark things up around here.
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“White Eyebrow Kung Fu of Omei Mountains belonging to the Doo Family”[/QUOTE]
Ross has left this forum now, and i think we all know what Doo is full of and by association what this dvd will be like 
What will it be like? What did you want it to be like?
Been looking for Frost,s DVD for years now…
This whole idea of guilty by association is among the most idiotic things this world has going for it. I am guessing that you are not a fan of Ghandi, right?
Hey, any form breakdowns done by Garry Hearfield are gonna have solid combat applications. Everyone I’ve ever heard touched hands with him has said he’s a solid martial artist. He’s never said he was God’s gift to martial arts, he’s just doing his part, and I want my copy of the DVD. If you guys aren’t into it, you obviously won’t purchase it. So let’s move on…
Well, I think with the Doo Wai association he needs to show something much more substantial than that trailer before I would consider buying the DVD.
What I saw from the Doo clips during the David Ross show here on the forum didn’t spark my interest at all. Neither did the material presented in the trailer for this DVD.
He showed how he telegraphs his punches with his power generation principle (reminded me of the way modern WuShu jazzes up moves), showed a bunch of block&punch from a single straight punch attack. The music covered up his explanations so whether he was saying anything worthwhile we won’t know without buying the DVD but the visuals weren’t enough to generate any interest.
I won’t dismiss him offhand but it’s not looking too good right now. Maybe someone more familiar with the material or style can shed some light. I know zero about Bak Mei and Omei Kung Fu (other than Luo Li’s O-Mei WuShu).
[QUOTE=Yao Sing;1150336]Well, I think with the Doo Wai association he needs to show something much more substantial than that trailer before I would consider buying the DVD.
What I saw from the Doo clips during the David Ross show here on the forum didn’t spark my interest at all. Neither did the material presented in the trailer for this DVD.
He showed how he telegraphs his punches with his power generation principle (reminded me of the way modern WuShu jazzes up moves), showed a bunch of block&punch from a single straight punch attack. The music covered up his explanations so whether he was saying anything worthwhile we won’t know without buying the DVD but the visuals weren’t enough to generate any interest.
I won’t dismiss him offhand but it’s not looking too good right now. Maybe someone more familiar with the material or style can shed some light. I know zero about Bak Mei and Omei Kung Fu (other than Luo Li’s O-Mei WuShu).[/QUOTE]
I know Doo Wai trained for like a year and a half in Vancouver in the 70’s or early 80’s and learned up to Ying jow…there was mention he said he learned more BM from a family friend or something?..I’m curious if there is original video of his “other” lineages.
Wow, an ENTIRE year and a half? Where do I sign up?:rolleyes:
It can’t be genuine Bak Mei…Gee-Shung Grandmaster James Patrick Lacey isn’t performing the form!! :eek::p:confused:
And did I mention he’s on some secretive council of “Sokeship”?(whatever the f–k that is–lol)
Sifu Garry is a very competent martial artist. I know this from studying with various masters of many arts throughout the world, from studying with various Bak Mei masters, from being Sifu Garry’s student for many years, from my own fighting, and from my own teaching of Yau Kung Mun. I have yet to meet anyone with the same power and practical application that Sifu Garry has. He can stand and roll, and explain everything that is going on, that should go on, and can do both. The video is a detailed instruction of the first form Straight Step Fist.
Bak Mei may look I guess a little wushuish from the power generation and body movement, but anyone who knows about its delivery system knows that is not what is happening. Few can properly express the movements, especially if they have large frames. He can express it and has internalized it. It’s not easy to do, but it’s easy to do. Would be happy to discuss it or show it.
Doo Wai, never studied in Vancouver. He learned in Changsha and Huizhou from his father, moved to Hong Kong and learned there, then Macau and Taiwan, then immigrated to America in the 60s. Bruce Lee credited his art in his book. Ali respected him. Other stories occurred and are other stories, his skill and movement declined, and well, sheet happens…
In any case, I am sure that whoever purchases this tape would be glad with their purchase simply because of the insight and body mechanics that Garry can put into simple terms and show. He puts his heart into what he does and expects his hard work to show in what he does. He might have gone off a few dozen times here, but who hasn’t.
Yao Sing, just for arguments sake, I am sure that the average martial artist would get just as much or more out of this tape than anyone would from buying anniversary demos from your temple there on Goldenrod.
I have to stick by my thought on guilty by association. I work everyday with ridiculous people, but I don’t set out to be ridiculous.
I’m not looking at it as Bak Mei as much as learning more short hand fighting from a guy who loves to get in there and test his skills. That’s my interest in it. There’s no proving anything about Doo Wai through internet sources even in Chinese to my knowledge, and I have no interest in him. It’s all Garry Hearfield’s sound reputation that makes me want the DVD.
Wah Lum anniversary demo tapes don’t make any claims of instruction. They are nothing more than entertainment for folks that like to watch Kung Fu.
I’m not telling anyone not to buy the DVD, just saying I don’t see anything in the trailer that suggest it’s worth buying. If there is some good stuff in there it’s not showing in the trailer.
And the Doo Wai link sets up a red flag from what I’ve seen of his stuff.
So what’s the relationship between Bak Fu Pai, Bak Mei and Yau Kung Mun? What and who did this guy learn from?
[QUOTE=Yao Sing;1150464]And the Doo Wai link sets up a red flag from what I’ve seen of his stuff.
So what’s the relationship between Bak Fu Pai, Bak Mei and Yau Kung Mun? What and who did this guy learn from?[/QUOTE]
You gotta talk to Douglas Wong or Terry Dunn about that stuff. They were his first U.S. students, weren’t they? Unless scouring the Chinese net’ll yield you something…
[QUOTE=Golden Arms;1150357]Wow, an ENTIRE year and a half? Where do I sign up?:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
I heard he said he learned when he was a kid from an alternative BM lineage…he only trained in Vancouver at my school for like a year and a half…I’ve been there almost two years and still know very little.