the buk in buk sing choi li fut has nothing to do with the north, and has everything to do with the location in canton. regarding the fight with ku and tam, you must also read between the chinese characters hahaha.
there are many stories of great sifu never loosing a fight or being totally mo duk or drawing with another well respected sifu. this comes down to understanding the moral character of the writting, more than the actual event that took place, if it ever did.
i could write “watermargin returns” with all the sifu who fought this guy and that guy, but in the end it is the legacy that is left which shows the character of a sifu, especially one who contributes to the martial art world.
what i have been taught over the many years has always been the same, yet i must admit it now amazes me how things are starting to change and now people question what has been accepted by the elders for more years than i can remember.
tam sam was CHOI LI FUT first and foremost, buk sing was brought in for another reason as xtrajoseph has already explained, it was not to make his art different from the core skill of choi li fut.
there are technical differences from buk sing to other choi li fut, in yeuh, ma,bo, choi and especially charp, but it is still choi li fut.
as to lineage holders each to their own, the elders decide who is who, not someone just because of blood, i just train and do what i am told
Yeah, that’s my line. History is nice to talk and learn about, but hopefully with each generation, something is enhanced, progressed or even rehashed.
I realise the history of CLF is touchy for many folks in these here parts. I’ll bite. It’s not that important to me which story is truer than anothers’.
I just like discussing CLF and CMA in general. Understanding through application, I say.
I have a question:
For those CLF players, do you have a variation in stances? I realise many preach low wide stances for training, but when fighting they are raised. I am wondering if folks have what might be referred to as an ‘advanced horse’ that is used exactly in the same manner as when trained? My lineage does. And my lineage of masters have been quite adamant on its specific training and use for those of an appropriate level.
For the most part it involves sai ping and ding ji ma.
Hi there i currently train in choy lay fut buk sing
IN Australia and our school was recently visited by Shane and Vince Lacey
ANYWAYS
Are you talking about the move where you start in horse stance { say ping ma} then put your weight onto your backleg mainly while you twist your torso then slide forward while untwisting?
Or are you talking about when you start off in say ping ma then throw a charp choi or whatever with your back hand while moving into din gee ma and then throw a charp choi with your back hand as you move back into say ping ma ?
