Oh my gosh...
Guess what I found at China Town? A Shaolin Hung Gar Martial Arts Aacademy!!!! I checked to see if they had a website, and they did! http://www.winchellpcwoo.com/index.html
It's too cool. If you click on the links, you can access a lot of film clips with people doing forms.
Aaaaannndd I went to see their class today! Well, the class had already ended...it said on the schedule it was an adult class, but the master there told me no adults came in the end (they want their holiday) so this kid's class started at noon and lasted for two hours. Too bad. But he chatted on and on telling me about their grandmaster and how his father was born in the states and worked in the marine but went back to China and so even though the grandmaster was born in China he was born a US citizen. He told me the grandmaster is world renowned and all that and was head or started up this big kungfu academy in Hong Kong. And guess what? He's met Bruce Lee before!!!!!!!
I was thinking that they only focused on Hung Gar and not like where I (and my siblings) went where we also practiced Long Fist. But this master told me they studied both the Northern and Southern styles. They have 5 masters in all: 2 women, 2 men, and the grandmaster who takes over on Sundays. So I'll very probably see him tomorrow. What's more intimidating is a lot of students here have Tae Kwon Dao, karate backgrounds, and some are policemen or judges and even some work undercover(?). Hmm.
I'll write more after class tomorrow. The master told me I can wear comfortable clothes and join them. Practically everybody's there on Sunday. It sounds pretty good, 'cause he keeps stressing that they aren't like other martial academies and don't care about advertising and they're like a family.
We'll see:)
It's too cool. If you click on the links, you can access a lot of film clips with people doing forms.
Aaaaannndd I went to see their class today! Well, the class had already ended...it said on the schedule it was an adult class, but the master there told me no adults came in the end (they want their holiday) so this kid's class started at noon and lasted for two hours. Too bad. But he chatted on and on telling me about their grandmaster and how his father was born in the states and worked in the marine but went back to China and so even though the grandmaster was born in China he was born a US citizen. He told me the grandmaster is world renowned and all that and was head or started up this big kungfu academy in Hong Kong. And guess what? He's met Bruce Lee before!!!!!!!
I was thinking that they only focused on Hung Gar and not like where I (and my siblings) went where we also practiced Long Fist. But this master told me they studied both the Northern and Southern styles. They have 5 masters in all: 2 women, 2 men, and the grandmaster who takes over on Sundays. So I'll very probably see him tomorrow. What's more intimidating is a lot of students here have Tae Kwon Dao, karate backgrounds, and some are policemen or judges and even some work undercover(?). Hmm.
I'll write more after class tomorrow. The master told me I can wear comfortable clothes and join them. Practically everybody's there on Sunday. It sounds pretty good, 'cause he keeps stressing that they aren't like other martial academies and don't care about advertising and they're like a family.
We'll see:)
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