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I have trained in gung-fu for 6 years @ www.chungwahkungfu.com
Unfortunately, there are many many many phony schools out there, with no real credibility, and you can be easily fooled into joining a school that teaches you things the "master" learned from a magazine.
My sifu is 31st generation Shaolin, if you go to China, you can trace the lineage of his teachers, and the teachers before him, all credible masters, one thing you should be careful of when joining a new school. Its too easy to read a book, and open a school and exploit the market. He does seminars world wide, and has won numerous awards for charitable work for the community.
What we learn is a complete system, which touches all areas of martial arts, including internal training and hard chi-kung (iron palm, iron head etc.) as well as doing lion dances and stuff around the city. I haven't been training for a long time due to university, But I was planning on coming back for Chinese new years so I can lend a hand at the up coming demos.
So, my advice is to look around the city, and try different schools, and find what is right for you.
this is one of my favourite pictures cuz I'm in it Its at a demo in Sudbury a few years ago. Thats me holding a spear for my Sifu as he demonstrates Iron Throat (the tip is placed on his neck, and the spear is bent. Its a real spear trust me). The cinder block is placed on his back and smashed with a sledge hammer.
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Last edited by quddha on Jan-25-2003 at 09:05
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