wayne hansen wrote:FZW was the one to rake most of the challenges and so did Tung
It is interesting to see who is claiming FZW,s lineage these days
Steve James wrote: Afa fighting, it was Fu Zhongwen who was the 'gatekeeper' to accept challenges.
wayne hansen wrote:FZW was the one to rake most of the challenges and so did Tung
It is interesting to see who is claiming FZW,s lineage these days
The closest students who took on fighting are usually called "the five tigers".
Steve James wrote: Anyway, Yang Jun inherited and teaches the form that most precisely represents YCF's 'style.' That's what he's passing on. Yeah, it is a business. But, he's not claiming to be the best fighter or to produce great fighters.
Who is the Yang gatekeeper in the UK
What he teaches doesn't really represent YCF's "style" and only a fraction of YFC's "art".
Steve James wrote:What he teaches doesn't really represent YCF's "style" and only a fraction of YFC's "art".
Could be true, but there's no way you could know or be able to say who represents YCF's style or art. You can't know that.
YJ does the form the way his grandfather did, YCF's son. Sure, it's possible for anyone to point to YJ's faults or that YCF style is crap.
What YJ does is teach YCF's form "by the book." If you look at YCF's pictures and YJ's, they're supposed to be identical. That doesn't mean it's as good or better than any other of Its derivatives. I think it's a good idea to have a specific standard. It's not the case with all styles. For ex, CMC derived styles are often very different.
Steve James wrote:The closest students who took on fighting are usually called "the five tigers".
That has nothing to do with your list. The only time I've heard phrase was in relation to the four Chen guys who represented the style in the 80s, never to Yang style or Yang family.
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