Love Kuntao. In fact my Uncle was Brendan Lai who taught 7 Stars Praying Mantis and was also a Kuntao & Silat Practitioner. He was friends with the De Thoaurs Brothers before their falling out over this stuff. I wish you well Sigung. I have since mixed Kuntao-Slat with Danzan Jujitsu. You are a good teacher sharing this as school bullying has grown out of control with the little ones comiting suicide. Maybe this will make a difference both Internally and externally for those who seek knowledge over their situations. God Bless and may Peace Favor Your Sword. You know that was Steve Garten's saying. I do not know if he out of being in his precarious situation yet? He is a good guy so are you and the De Thoaurs Brothers. We are all roots on the same Tree. Time is so short in the blink of an eye. If we only knew how short maybe we would be more nice to each other?
Steve Chan, thank you for commenting. I remember your Uncle from the eighties. I was a student of another sifu then but always wanted to study with your Uncle, too. I don't know what is going on with Steve Gartin. We are all brothers and sisters indeed. I agree that time is short and hope you and all are well. May you be smiled upon always.
I think it’s ironic that these martial arts which I’m supposed to teach Harmony flow and yielding somehow don’t translate to interpersonal relationships among masters of these arts. I frequently hear stories about masters having a fall out with each other which seems like a really great disconnectTo me.
@@popssigung9956 His older Sister was Anna Lai my mother. Out of 5 Chldren my Uncle Alan is the only one left. I did not get to learn Tong Long Pai from my Uncle. I learned Kuntao from Steve Garten I some of Willems Students. Conrad Bui (KunTao) in San Francisco and Willy Cahill Jr. (Danzan Ryu) in San Bruno. I am trying to find a Tong Long Pai Instructor like Sifu Marques at the Shaolin Center in LA. He was my Uncles Student. The other Sifu's are with another Sigong and Branch and are mostly on the East coast. I am in Bakersfield and ALL of these Schools are money Mc Dojos. It pains me to learn Karate at Japan Academy of Martial Arts (Goju Ryu) since I know more than almost everyone in the entire school? My only skill set that lacks is Staff, Dao, and Jian. I am looking to learn the 8 Trigrams Staff and not Kabudo? Karate is nothing more than simplified Tai Chi with maye a little of this and that integrated. The Sanchin Kata is a distilled version of Fukien Sanchian (in Mandarin) triangle walk. It so misunderstood and Bastardized I am even surprised the Okinawa Naha Te Sensei Miyagi could get it to work? I am only there to get my son in to some footwork, but if feels like a scam and they know nothing about the concepts and only technique which is almost non existant even for real world applications. I learned Haku akai Karate from Shihan Benard Edwards ( He was Shidan when I attended in the 1980's) in Burlingame City in SFO. When we trained we would walked funny for days and wore ankle weights while riding a bike. We would stand on one foot with our leg out in a side kick and turn 360 Degrees in one direction and then 360 Degrees the other Direction and we had Jujitsu and Judo mixed in with our Japanese Main Island Karate. Shodan meant you would stand in a circle of men with you in the Center and the Instructor would call out numbers and the guy in the center got attacked and either p[assed or failed. I really do not know what the HELL I am learning in Bakersfield, but I know it is NOT Karate! There is no Syllabus or Katas documented on film or DVD or any other way for the students to progress? I retired here because the wife wanted to be close to her Parents. Kill ME? MA is the only way I stay sane in this HELL! KunTao with Shaolin Breathing Valsalva helps me to want to live. Otherwise KILL ME?
Love Kuntao. In fact my Uncle was Brendan Lai who taught 7 Stars Praying Mantis and was also a Kuntao & Silat Practitioner. He was friends with the De Thoaurs Brothers before their falling out over this stuff. I wish you well Sigung. I have since mixed Kuntao-Slat with Danzan Jujitsu. You are a good teacher sharing this as school bullying has grown out of control with the little ones comiting suicide. Maybe this will make a difference both Internally and externally for those who seek knowledge over their situations. God Bless and may Peace Favor Your Sword. You know that was Steve Garten's saying. I do not know if he out of being in his precarious situation yet? He is a good guy so are you and the De Thoaurs Brothers. We are all roots on the same Tree. Time is so short in the blink of an eye. If we only knew how short maybe we would be more nice to each other?
Steve Chan, thank you for commenting. I remember your Uncle from the eighties. I was a student of another sifu then but always wanted to study with your Uncle, too. I don't know what is going on with Steve Gartin. We are all brothers and sisters indeed. I agree that time is short and hope you and all are well. May you be smiled upon always.
I think it’s ironic that these martial arts which I’m supposed to teach Harmony flow and yielding somehow don’t translate to interpersonal relationships among masters of these arts. I frequently hear stories about masters having a fall out with each other which seems like a really great disconnectTo me.
@@popssigung9956 His older Sister was Anna Lai my mother. Out of 5 Chldren my Uncle Alan is the only one left. I did not get to learn Tong Long Pai from my Uncle. I learned Kuntao from Steve Garten I some of Willems Students. Conrad Bui (KunTao) in San Francisco and Willy Cahill Jr. (Danzan Ryu) in San Bruno. I am trying to find a Tong Long Pai Instructor like Sifu Marques at the Shaolin Center in LA. He was my Uncles Student. The other Sifu's are with another Sigong and Branch and are mostly on the East coast. I am in Bakersfield and ALL of these Schools are money Mc Dojos. It pains me to learn Karate at Japan Academy of Martial Arts (Goju Ryu) since I know more than almost everyone in the entire school? My only skill set that lacks is Staff, Dao, and Jian. I am looking to learn the 8 Trigrams Staff and not Kabudo? Karate is nothing more than simplified Tai Chi with maye a little of this and that integrated. The Sanchin Kata is a distilled version of Fukien Sanchian (in Mandarin) triangle walk. It so misunderstood and Bastardized I am even surprised the Okinawa Naha Te Sensei Miyagi could get it to work? I am only there to get my son in to some footwork, but if feels like a scam and they know nothing about the concepts and only technique which is almost non existant even for real world applications. I learned Haku akai Karate from Shihan Benard Edwards ( He was Shidan when I attended in the 1980's) in Burlingame City in SFO. When we trained we would walked funny for days and wore ankle weights while riding a bike. We would stand on one foot with our leg out in a side kick and turn 360 Degrees in one direction and then 360 Degrees the other Direction and we had Jujitsu and Judo mixed in with our Japanese Main Island Karate. Shodan meant you would stand in a circle of men with you in the Center and the Instructor would call out numbers and the guy in the center got attacked and either p[assed or failed. I really do not know what the HELL I am learning in Bakersfield, but I know it is NOT Karate! There is no Syllabus or Katas documented on film or DVD or any other way for the students to progress? I retired here because the wife wanted to be close to her Parents. Kill ME? MA is the only way I stay sane in this HELL! KunTao with Shaolin Breathing Valsalva helps me to want to live. Otherwise KILL ME?