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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:54 pmPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 6:07 pmC.J.W. wrote:That sort of secretive mentality is certainly understandable. In the old days when kung fu was a matter of life and death, the less people know about your fighting style and techniques, the better chance you have at defeating them.
But at this day and age? I don't see why that'd be necessary anymore.
You might remember my saying that a lot of Mr. Long's students used his White Crane in the streets -- just as there were guys in our later school where were bouncers. But some of Mr. Long's students were street gang members, and a few of them had developed really interesting and unique ways of using White Crane.
Mike Staples
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