It was good. Lots of fun. met Gene and D0rkface. will post videos and clips later on. i just got home about 20 minutes ago. I will post clips of some of the forms online. the houston students impressed me the most next were the manhatten Shi Goulin people. And for how long Li Peng has been in the USA, he ahs a pretty big following already.
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we left the tournament early on saturday because the tai chi wasnt all that great. we headed down into manhatten and went to chinatown then went to see one of my Sifu’s old teacher SHi Yan Ming, but he wasnt there. I was never in the school before, and if I didnt have my sifu there to shwo me, i would have never found it. We stayed for about 15 minutes to watch and all they did was the wubuchuan/chan (sp??) form.
master demostration I couldnt film. Yee’s Hung Gar did a good lion dance in the begining. then they had some demo’s there was a tang soo do school there demoing which i think everyone found entertaining. but the show picked up when two of the houston kids came out and did the little kid form with all the wierd disfiguring stretching. those kids (about 4/5) i think stole the show. the moinks performed excellent too.
that is all I have to say. will post links to pictures later in a day or so.
Sounds like fun, how many competed?
probably 50/60 competitors.
heres some of the monks. i dont have a working image station account right now so here is a sneak peek
another sneek peek
who are these 2 good looking guys? :dunno:
last one. im jsut gonna post these 3, the rest will go on image station when i get it setup right. and ill link top album.
i have soem footage of the houston people ill put up on nacma.net probably.
Were those the only monks who attended? How was the student competition?
Originally posted by Tsingtao
Were those the only monks who attended? How was the student competition?
Shi Goulin showed up for the demo at night with one of his fellow Monks. those were the only ones there incuding former monk Zhang Li Peng.
How was the student competition? What monks performed in the masters demo and what did they do?
Originally posted by Tsingtao
How was the student competition? What monks performed in the masters demo and what did they do?
you can wait for gene to write it up for full detail. i dont want to spoil anything 
Thanks Shaolinlueb!
There was one other Shaolin monk - Shi Yanshang. He was the big monk in full robe next to Guolin. I’m very interested in him - he’s supposed to be really good, but it’s the first time I met him.
It was a small event, but quite fun for Shaolin family. It was great to see so many old friends and make some new ones. Definately one of the most laid-back tournaments I’ve ever been too, almost like in internal school event. But I don’t want to give too much away either 
look for the write up in our Jan/Feb 2005 issue, on stands in Dec 2004.
BTW, SLL, you look great in that got qi? shirt. 
Gene,
Thanks for the update. Whos Yanshang? Is he doing something at Guolins school or is he just visiting? Guolin’s got Justin and Hengshan teaching at his school right?
He’s with Guolin now…
…but he may well be opening his own place soon. I’m not sure on the details yet.
i could spill everything i know and learned on saturday…
but i dont know anything sorry TsingTao
Gene,
Is it the same Yanshang that did Guolins Kwandao video?
If it’s the same ShiYanChang, didn’t get that good of a look at the tournament, that I’m thinking about, then he already has his own place but so far he’s only teaching internal arts. This is his website.
http://www.shaolintemplezen.org/
Yanchang vs. Yanshang
One letter can make all the difference just like one stroke in Chinese calligraphy…or swordsmanship.
Yanchang is a different monk than Yanshang. Yanchang came over early, one of the first, in fact. Yanshang just came over. I think Tsingtao is right - it is the same monk in the Kwandao video. Like I said, it was the first time I met him, as well as the first time I met Goucan (Justin) and Shaolinlueb, for that matter. It was also the first time that I have seen Yanfeng since 1998. Quite the Shaolin gathering really. I had a lot of fun.
Re: Thanks Shaolinlueb!
Originally posted by GeneChing
[B]There was one other Shaolin monk - Shi Yanshang. He was the big monk in full robe next to Guolin. I’m very interested in him - he’s supposed to be really good, but it’s the first time I met him.
It was a small event, but quite fun for Shaolin family. It was great to see so many old friends and make some new ones. Definately one of the most laid-back tournaments I’ve ever been too, almost like in internal school event. But I don’t want to give too much away either look for the write up in our Jan/Feb 2005 issue, on stands in Dec 2004.
BTW, SLL, you look great in that got qi? shirt. [/B]
so international contingent representation figures???
oh…by the way …looking good Gene…lol
Re: Re: Thanks Shaolinlueb!
Originally posted by blooming lotus
[B]so international contingent representation figures???
oh…by the way …looking good Gene…lol [/B]
coughAhemcough
only gene?
nice shirt adam…and the beard suits you…do you feel better
Gene…are those hair extensions you’re wearing?
They look toatlly real man. [size=1]<< two! one after the other![/size]