AZ Wing Chun gathering
I’m planning to attend too!
Man in Blue
Azwingchun- how many folks are coming and from where- as far as you know. A chance to have a good gathering sans spamming-
by host or attendees?
Azwingchun- how many folks are coming and from where- as far as you know. A chance to have a good gathering sans spamming-
by host or attendees?
yuanfen
I personally don’t know, I will have to get with Sifu Don Grose. I know I will be ther as well as 2 or 3 of my students, there are probably 3-4 from our Prescott school, Sifu Sonnenberg said he couldn’t make it but would be sending his top student, Sifu Don Grose will obviously be there as well as Sifu Phil Bradley and their students and other instructors from their Association. There are also the 4 or 5 here on the board who have said that they will be there as well. I don’t personally know that this will be a huge turnout for the the first gathering anyway. But the more the better, I have sent e-mails personally to all the different groups I could think of. But word of mouth is going to help tremendously. 
I will get a hold of Sifu Don Grose and see what response he has had. But like I asked earlier for those who are planning on being there, please let Sifu Don Grose know via phone or e-mail. Thanks.
yuanfen
I just had a response from Sifu Don Grose, he said that he has had about 30 people respond and say they were coming so far.
azwc- anything organized in the way of a program— such as comparing a basic form… or is it all informal?
yuanfen
I really personally don’t know the details, this really is Sifu Don’s planning. I was just asked to help invite and to send e-mails to everyone. I did just send an e-mail to him after reading your last question and he is pretty good about responding quickly, so I should have your answer.
I had spoke to Sifu Phil Bradley a week ago, he said that most people were going to wear there school shirts (or some kind of logo) so everyone knows who everyone represents. He also mentioned that this being the first gathering it will be somewhat informal, though there was some talk about basic form demonstrations, discussion on technique and the main topic about obviously brining everyone together as a community, and to discuss future planning of this gathering.
If any other questions, feel free to ask myself or Sifu Don Grose.
Re: yuanfen
Originally posted by azwingchun
I just had a response from Sifu Don Grose, he said that he has had about 30 people respond and say they were coming so far.
Wow! That sure would be nice! Considering I have never met anyone from other families (except in formal settings) I am looking forward to this.
JK Walz
You know, it would be nice if they all show up. I am looking forward to a big gathering myself.
yuanfen
Back to your question, if you haven’t already spoken to Sifu Don Grose. The agenda for that day will first be a meet and greet, an explanation to what we are trying to accomplish with this annual gathering. Then an open forum for each group to discuss their feeling on how to make it better and what their expectations are. And lastly open up to form demonstrations and training.
Hope this helps.
Are there any WC schools in Sedona? If not which would be the closest ones to visit? I won’t be able to make the gathering, but I’d still like to visit some schools. Thanks.
mun hung
I don’t know about Sedona, but we have a school in Prescott Valley. It is about 45 minutes to an hour away from Sedona. But if you go that same weekend he will be here in Phoenix so won’t be open. His name is Sifu Rick Frye and the school phone number is 928-772-1998.
For those who are ineterested Sifu Don Grose sent this e-mail to me.
Just a reminder the gathering is coming in one week.
Febuary 1, 2003
12:00noon to 4:00pm
Chaparral Park Northeast corner of Chaparral and North Hayden Rd. Look for the Arizona State Flag.
For map go to <http://www.awcaonline.com/park.htm>
Bring your own eats and drinks. NO ALCOHOL please.
If you have any questions plese write to me at
<dgrose@comcast.net>
<sijodon@hotmail.com>
We just wanted to thank all who were able to make the Wing Chun gathering. We enjoyed meeting you all. Hopefully with each year it will grow and grow. Hope all enjoyed, see everyone next year.
Originally posted by azwingchun
We just wanted to thank all who were able to make the Wing Chun gathering. We enjoyed meeting you all. Hopefully with each year it will grow and grow. Hope all enjoyed, see everyone next year.
It was a lot of fun. I’m glad I got to see SNT from other families performed!
JK
JK Walz
Yeah, actually the whole idea of the gathering, the unity and as Joy mentioned civilty, doing something as a group for the community, sharing of each others arts, etc. was great, but to see everyones SNT was one of the best part.
SNT?
yuanfen
You left a little early, maybe 15 or 20 minutes after you left the different families performed their SNT. It was pretty interesting. We missed yours though. Maybe next year.
This being the first gathering I think that we accomplished quite a bit!
For me, I made some new friends, participated in good conversations and thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed everyone showing their first form.
It was definetly cool putting faces to names and meeting other wing chun guys and girls from around the state.
I’m definetly looking foward to future gatherings!
Thanks to all the gentlemen that made this thing happen.
-David
It was good to meet and talk, although I am sure not everyone got to talk with everyone, I know I didn’t. Even though few ideas were talked about for future events/gatherings I think the biggest hurdle (“civility” as Joy put it) was cleared and we can now move forwards. It was also good to put a few faces to the names from people here on the forum.
Hope we can all get together again and maybe sooner than later, and as our Kung Fu brothers and sisters around the state hear about what happened hopefully our numbers can grow.
John