Posts tagged with: training for life

Chan Cheong-Mo was the founder and chief instructor of the Sei Yup (four counties) Hung Sing School in Kong Moon City, which is now called Jiangmen. He learned Choy Li Fut from Chan Heung, the founder of Choy Li Fut kung fu, when he was a child. After Chan Heung died, he continued to study from Heun...

It is sometimes the habit of martial artists to attend a seminar and then claim the seminar instructor as their teacher, as if they’d studied with them for years. This is definitely not the traditional way to learn martial arts. Ultimately, the person who suffers the most is the person who attende...

It’s time to clear up some misunderstanding about skill levels in traditional kung fu systems—specifically the difference between expert and master.  Japanese karate styles make this difference pretty obvious through belt rankings that award a master-level ranking and belt only after special re...