new Master Su Dongchen Channel on youtube!

[Brinkman]

zhongkui,


I don’t know, maybe I have been in Taiwan too long, but when I hear negative comments about one of my deceased teachers I just react to it. Anyway, maybe I didn’t catch the subtleties you were trying to express, if so, my bad!.. but if you live in Japan then you probably know what it means to defend your teacher’s honor. It may have been a bit cooler on you part, if you would have done your homework a little better, before hurling out negative comments in a public forum like this. Some of my own comments however were pertaining to other elements of this discussion in general. Anyway you explained yourself better in your second response, so no hard feelings.

I just tried to emphasize that there are many generations of Hung students... There is also the influence of his brother Hung Yimian and other family members, including Hung’s three sons. Then there were people like Xi Hungji who trained with Hung and then went on to train other well known teachers in North America, too. It only gets more complicated from that point on, because there were also Australian, British, Israeli and other European students. I think within those ranks you will find a great range of versatility and expertise. I think you will also find a lot of differences in the actual curriculum among these various branches.

In regard to "Japanification", generally that term has negative connotations on a Chinese martial arts forum..in your case however..I see that you were not implying it in that fashion..

Anyway..I'll also be curious to hear how your meeting with Su goes..when you get the chance.


Peace

Marcus

[Muad'dib]

Marcus, I didn't think I made any negative comments, actually. Though you are new here, usually when I make a negative comment, it starts with the words "This fucking sucks" and ends with "I have to go puke." That being said, I could see how, given the tenor of other comments, you might think I was. For me disappointment is not negative, its just a common state of being regarding IMA.

[edededed]

September, eh? That's a bit late - don't think I'll be able to join up then...

[Muad'dib]

you will be back in the states right? Jerk.

[edededed]

Well, no, not exactly... I'll be here, but...

(Whenever I get back to the States, I will have to have a plate o' fried clams... mm!)

[Muad'dib]

ah, the other thing. that's good, when is the expected arrival date?