oops yeah you got me on that one.:o
I meant to say Bay Terrace (i used to live in Bayridge). pretty small back in the day. Mostly it centered around the chinese Culture schoo/center.
check it out
http://www.sichinese.org/
[QUOTE=brothernumber9;912402]This same sihing also went to vietnam, visited a kungfu school there, and proceded to tell them how lion dance originated in America, how columbus taught it to the natives, and how everyone in America knows lion dance, that it’s taught in all the elementary schools. That lions were from africa and then specimens captured and sent to Europe where lion dance started, and then migrated to America, that China was late to the party.[/QUOTE]
this guy sounds like a f*cking madman and he would be hilarious to watch do all this.
[QUOTE=omarthefish;912258]Having spent time in both, the answer is a categorical “no”.
LA Chinatown has no visable kung fu climate at all. In LA it’s all about Monterey Park, the “other” Chinatown. Monterey Park is more Taiwanese as compared to the SF Chinatown which is mostly Cantonese and other southerners like Toisanese. Jason Tsou is keepen it real with the Wu-Tan folks out there on the weekends. Not sure who else actually. Like most stuff in LA, the good kung fu is spread out. Shenwu is down southwest of town. Buk Sam Kong teaches closer to Silverlake. . . kind of about 10 minutes south of Griffith Park.
Stuff is more scattered all over in LA.[/QUOTE]
Actually San Francisco has a huge Chinatown compared to Los Angeles. As far as martial related LA Chinatown’s Alpine Park is a hot bed of activity 6-9AM. In the evening there East Wnd Kung Fu Club and a LKD class are in session. There are many classes great martial schools in LA and most of them are nowhere near Chinatown. Monterey Park is active early morning daily and even more so on the weekend. Bucksam Kong’s students teach at his school and his older students Vernon Rieta & Don Hamby are pretty active with their own classes. My Master Ken Hui teaches in Alhambra another of my classmates in Whittier. Chinatown has it’s own interesting martial flavor and every now and again I meet some of my friends who teach there for Yum Cha. hope this helps.
I think from an overtly visible point of view SF Chinatown seems to be more active. La Chinatown is slept on cause it’s quite small in comparison. But like Lokhopkuen has already said the Chinese Martial Arts community in the LA area is quite plentiful.
Lokhopkuen,
I thought Vernon Rieta went back to Hawaii. However I could very well be mistaken. I also remember a Sifu by the name of Fred Lee teaching Lam Family Hung Ga Kuen here in LA also, but it’s been awhile since I heard that.
Doesn’t matter what style or teacher you train under, if you’re in the LA area, we welcome (Bandit, me, and a few other cats) you to train and spar with us!
[QUOTE=banditshaw;912687]
Lokhopkuen,
I thought Vernon Rieta went back to Hawaii. However I could very well be mistaken. I also remember a Sifu by the name of Fred Lee teaching Lam Family Hung Ga Kuen here in LA also, but it’s been awhile since I heard that.[/QUOTE]
Hi Banditshaw,
Re: Fred Lee
http://hungkuenlee.net/index.htm
Re: Vernon Rieta
If the info’s right, he teaches adult classes at Koko Head District Park on Tuesdays 7:30 - 8:30 pm in Honolulu. On other days, he teaches kids classes, as well as Tai Chi.
Why does Chicago’s Chinatown pale so miserably in comparison? There are so few kung fu schools in this one, only one that I’ve heard of…
[QUOTE=banditshaw;912687]I think from an overtly visible point of view SF Chinatown seems to be more active. La Chinatown is slept on cause it’s quite small in comparison. But like Lokhopkuen has already said the Chinese Martial Arts community in the LA area is quite plentiful.
Lokhopkuen,
I thought Vernon Rieta went back to Hawaii. However I could very well be mistaken. I also remember a Sifu by the name of Fred Lee teaching Lam Family Hung Ga Kuen here in LA also, but it’s been awhile since I heard that.[/QUOTE]
Nobody’s bagging the LA CMA community. There’s TONS of REALLY GOOD CMA in LA. . . .it’s just not all clustered in Chinatown. The Chinatown sucks. The kung fu scene is great.
[QUOTE=banditshaw;912687]I think from an overtly visible point of view SF Chinatown seems to be more active. La Chinatown is slept on cause it’s quite small in comparison. But like Lokhopkuen has already said the Chinese Martial Arts community in the LA area is quite plentiful.
Lokhopkuen,
I thought Vernon Rieta went back to Hawaii. However I could very well be mistaken. I also remember a Sifu by the name of Fred Lee teaching Lam Family Hung Ga Kuen here in LA also, but it’s been awhile since I heard that.[/QUOTE]
I could be wrong but many of Doug Wong’s old students went to Vernon when they left White Lotus so I assume he is here.
As far as what anyone is really doing martially in LALA I don’t know. I do know anyone teaching for a living is suffering due to Bushanomics. I have a few martial brothers I keep in touch with. Don Hamby and I hang some times, Kenny Edwards I saw recently I stopped by his school after snowboarding a week ago on the way back home. I hear the Ying Jow Pai will gather here so a few of my brothers from there are s’possed to hang with me and I’ll pay respect to Master Shum. Dan Carr and i hang sometimes he’s teaching a little. I have a small class that is getting smaller all of the time and the rest of the time I stay to myself. I go out to my teacher’s only when I have to He has a huge group (He is the Master That I am not) and my young classmates are dangerous scrappers hungry for human flesh LOL! I box with them when ever I feel the need to acquire a new injury.
I’m just getting old and hoping to get older;)
[QUOTE=omarthefish;914057]Nobody’s bagging the LA CMA community. There’s TONS of REALLY GOOD CMA in LA. . . .it’s just not all clustered in Chinatown. The Chinatown sucks. The kung fu scene is great.[/QUOTE]
Chinatown is good for food and cheep after hours booze if you’re into that:D
I used to go down on weapons hunts but s h i t I got 4 or 5 of EVERYTHING NOW so I gave up that habit.
[QUOTE=Violent Designs;912689]Doesn’t matter what style or teacher you train under, if you’re in the LA area, we welcome (Bandit, me, and a few other cats) you to train and spar with us![/QUOTE]
Where do you meet? My kids and some of my close students are itching for friendly play.
I’ll spar but you have to talk to me really nice and buy me dinner. Flowers won’t hurt the situation either, LOL!
[QUOTE=Tid Sin;912711]Hi Banditshaw,
Re: Fred Lee
http://hungkuenlee.net/index.htm
Re: Vernon Rieta
If the info’s right, he teaches adult classes at Koko Head District Park on Tuesdays 7:30 - 8:30 pm in Honolulu. On other days, he teaches kids classes, as well as Tai Chi.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the heads up. I saw Fred at Don’s event two years ago and i haven’t seen Vernon since I was like 30 years old.
San Francisco, is the biggest MECCA of Martial Arts i’ve seen anywhere. here, there is virtually every style you are looking to learn, and it can be found right here.
SF’s chinatown is the largest in the U.S. and it’s still growing outside to other districts of the city, therefore becoming Chinatown #1, #2 and #3