This weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Hendrik Santo and seeing the Yik Kam/Cho art first hand. I travelled from Boston to San Jose for the weekend and listed below are just some of my personal views after a very nice experience!
Yik Kam preservation is very nice. Very nice! The SLT and other aspects truly represent the qualities of Rou Jing and whole body connection/power. One of the things that is very important to me is what the art does to your insides as well as the fighting applications. Yik Kam’s SLT indeed cultivates you inside and out!
Another important thing I realized over the weekend was just how similar Yik Kam’s/Cho’s methods were to Leung Jan’s Pin Sun WC and the Fung’s. Hendrik’s own words sum’s it up tho:
Wing Chun is Wing Chun after all!
Yet! Seeing how close many aspects were did let me realize that the art Leung Jan must have learned had to be very very similar to Hendrik’s as even tho I preserve his final synthesis I can indeed see so much similarity of what Leung Jan felt were the essentials in terms of names, movements, etc. etc..
Hendrik is an extremely generous person and very fun to be around. His knowledge of the art was deep yet modern. Also, his knowledge of classical infomation was fantastic as he helped me understand different concepts that guide the WC art. I was also lucky enough to be shown lots of old pictures and info. of the Cho’s, Crane and Emei stuff. For me I was like a kid in a candy store!
Certain things that really put a smile on my face was Hendrik’s down to earth approach and lack of ego! Hendrik preserves and an amazing old lineage of WC yet thinks its not the platform that matters its how you use the body and tools that make the platform work. All the “little” details! This all goes back to whats going on inside!
I could keep going on and on but I just thought I would do a brief write up of a very nice experience. I think anyone who has an open mind and is interested is the evolution of WC should get to know Hendrik! A true gentleman and wealth of knowledge!
Respect to Yik Kam lineage and Hendrik Santo sifu from me and the Koo Lo family!
As for the Ego part, nah, I blown up last night about some confusing Schedulling issue on my wife. I lost my Awareness big time! :mad:
So, hahahha, there are lots of Ego hidden and hide in my body, I need to go practice my Awareness by transcending the subjective experience to objective today. Will call my wife to appology on the blown up too.
Thanks again Jim for the great meeting!
and appreciate greatly for your sharing of your art!
Yup. Wing Chun is after all Wing Chun.
and Going NO WHERE is actually NOW HERE!
(see talk is easy but I lost it last night and blown up. Trying to Go SOME WHERE. hehehe, what a dump pikachu!)
Originally posted by PaulH I’m looking forward to have the pleasure to meet Hendrik too. Love to race my reliable and dependable Toyota Accord against his DMX! =)
Sorry, no race is welcome. you can bring the Totoro here if you want!
I would never race against friends especially with you! =) What’s for? It is more fun to learn from one another. I love to understand and research on how you use your DMX engine. That’s it! =D
Originally posted by PaulH I’m looking forward to have the pleasure to meet Hendrik too. Love to race my reliable and dependable Toyota Accord against his DMX! =)
Jim
glad you had a great time one of the reasons i give Hendrik such a hard time is because i’m aware he has a wealth of information and knows what he is talking about
like to call him out on it [ it’s a hobby for me =) ]
so Hendrik
i will never stop giving you hell but remember it comes from a good place
nice to see you connecting with people on the forum , nice to see your information being shared
you should hook up with paul , he has alot of respect for you
It was a pleasure to see Yik Kam art and meet you.
Ernie!
Yes! This old internet thing has been good to me over the years. Made a lot of friends and met some real good martialists. Its nice when fellow Wing Chunners get to exchange and share. Its also nice to put a face to those with whom you write to regularly!
I know you like playing devils advocate with HS! If you thought he was not worth chatting with then you probally would just ignore him! hehe
Paul and I chat regularly and have become internet friends. I am sure in the future we will meet and share lots with each other! We have mutual respect for each other as we leave the ego at the door and just share. Thats the best way to grow.
originally posted by Jim R.
I think anyone who has an open mind and is interested is the evolution of WC should get to know Hendrik! A true gentleman and wealth of knowledge!
That all sounds good and well Jim and that being the case I have a few questions for you.
Is Hendrik the only person you are willing to travel and meet with?
Is there anything that you and hendrik disagree on?
Have you ever met the Grand Master of Chi Sim Weng Chun?
Being the objective minded person you are who would you suggest meeting as a counterpoint to Hendrik’s theories?
“The” grandmaster of Chi Sim Weng Chun? Do all weng chun practitioners agree that there is such a person? Or who that person is?
And, fwiw, why would a wing chun person necessarily care to visit any “grandmaster” from another martial art? Should we also visit a choy lee fut grandmaster, and a hung ga grandmaster, or a bak mei grandmaster?
And, fwiw, why would a wing chun person necessarily care to visit any “grandmaster” from another martial art? Should we also visit a choy lee fut grandmaster, and a hung ga grandmaster, or a bak mei grandmaster?
In most case yes in order to know the subject but in your case Terence I say most definitely because you leave no doubt you don’t know what you’re talking about!
interested is the evolution of WC
This is an adults conversation Terence if you don’t like the topic kindly step and find your way to another thread.
I’m sorry, but I didn’t quite get your answer – are you saying these is such a thing as “the” (as opposed to “a” – one of a number) grandmaster of Weng Chun? A simple question: yes or no will do.
