Henry Look 1927-2016

[Taste of Death]

Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Grandmaster Henry Look passed away this morning.

R.I.P. Sifu Look

http://www.hsing-i.com/henry-look-interview/
http://i-chuanusa.org/postures.htm

[kenneth fish]

Dear 2016. You suck.

Henry was the salt of the earth. He will be missed.

[shawnsegler]

I met him once at a Kuo Lien Ying memorial in Portsmouth Square when I was training in that lineage years ago. Really nice guy.

RIP.

S

[taiwandeutscher]

RIP

[cloudz]

Sorry to hear of this, my condolences.
RIP

[Bao]

R.I.P
Condolences to friends and family.
Always sad when the world loses a great teacher.

[url]http://www.hsing-i.com/henry-look-interview/

Nice interview

HJ. When you teach your students, what do you think the most important things for them to learn first are in relation to Hsing I?

Well, of course when I was learning, Shr Fu .... used to say whenever I would stick my palm out, he would grab my elbow and yank down on it and say "Sink down, sink down."
... Sinking your elbows is necessary for relaxation. ...

One strong point that most do not quite really understand is the phrase "sung yi dien" (relax more, or softer). Now, after so many years I think perhaps that may be the key. Although the most important thing of not just Hsing-I, but all the internal systems is Sung, relax. You know how hard it is! ... I think Sung is a very, very hard word to define. For that reason, when I went back to China a couple years ago and saw uncle Han, my Sifu Han's elder brother, Han Hsing Chao, who lives in Pearl River now, that was the first thing I asked. I was always told "sung yi dien, sung yi dien" what does that really mean? It is a long, long way to define Sung, you cannot define it in just one or two words. Basically, it means you are relaxed but yet energy flows throughout, not flacid, so how are you going to describe that?

[Martin]

R.I.P.

[johnbecker]

Way back when I really enjoyed reading his insights into the martial arts. My very sincere condolences to family, friends and those who knew him.

[stma]

Henry was a personal friend of mine. He was the same age as my father. After my father was dead, Henry was still doing double jumping kicks on the beach. Henry was an architect and designed most of the Behihana restaurants in the US. He took me to a Japanese restaurant in SF behind his school one time and introduced me to Japanese plum wine with a slice of lemon. It was heaven. We went to a Taiwanese restaurant in Berkeley once. He ordered a jelly fish dish and told me I wouldn't like it, but I did and ate half of it much to his disappointment. He served as a Chinese interpreter in the Marines in WWII. He wasn't my teacher, and I don't know why he took me under his wing, but he was an important part of my life and I will miss him.

[KEND]

Remember being introduced to him by venerable Fish in LA, around 2000, very agreeable and pleasant. RIP

[cerebus]

Peace to Sifu Look, and to his friends, students and family...