Taoyuan city MA

[FirmlyRootedFist]

Hey all, will be relocating from Taipei to Taoyuan soon, and though I'll still be coming to Taipei to train ( a lot) I was interested to see what gongfu is to be had in Taoyuan city/ zhongli area. I know there is some baji there, not sure about the specifics, but I'll probably check it out. Anything anybody else knows about( except for taiji)? Thanks all, and happy Dragonboat Festival! Well, almost at least!

Logan

[kreese]

Let us know what you find. If you want to blog about it, I can host a blog for you.

[FirmlyRootedFist]

Thanks man, that sounds cool. I'm going to have to just wander around looking for schools/ people practicing on parks when I get there. I have a feeling that the stuff in a town like zhongli probably won't be very mainstream. I'll keep you posted, and still looking for leads all. Thanks and happy holidays!

[Simonintaiwan]

Hi,

Contact username "Simon" on this forum as I believe he lives in Taoyuan and will be able to point you in the right direction.

I am in Taichung County myself else I could show you some FMA. Hopefully my namesake can help!

Simon.

[FirmlyRootedFist]

Thanks man, I asked him what he knows of and he was very helpful. Still searching though. I'll hit you up for sure if I ever head out that way man. You do CMC taiji right? Maybe we could push around a bit one of these days. Peace!

[Simonintaiwan]

You'd be most welcome. I fear my Tui Shou would surely disappoint you as I have only been studying for 10 months so far and am concentrating on the form at the moment.

If you're in the area, my club has push hands every Friday and there's a few instructors so I think the level is pretty good...like I say, right now I'm struggling to keep my feet shoulder width apart and remember to keep that damn axe under my arm so what do I know? hehheheh

[kreese]

Thanks man, that sounds cool. I'm going to have to just wander around looking for schools/ people practicing on parks when I get there. I have a feeling that the stuff in a town like zhongli probably won't be very mainstream. I'll keep you posted, and still looking for leads all. Thanks and happy holidays!

Also I'm sure you know there is a whole other world that wakes up at 4am and hits the parks.

If you have a camera, you should document your wanderings, I'd find the journey interesting.

[FirmlyRootedFist]

That would certainly be an interesting project, I'll have to see what I can find.

[fuga]

Hi,

Contact username "Simon" on this forum as I believe he lives in Taoyuan and will be able to point you in the right direction.

I am in Taichung County myself else I could show you some FMA. Hopefully my namesake can help!

Simon.

I make it out to Taichung every other year or so, and I'll let you know next time I am out that way. Always good to meet other folks on the forum (especially when visiting in-laws!)

-pete

[Simonintaiwan]

Hi Pete,

Be sure to drop me a line!

Plan on being here for the next few years...

[fuga]

Will do!

[Miro]

There is an excellent teacher of Hong jia (Hunggar) style in Taoyuan whose surname is Li Fengmao (I am not aboslutely sure about his first name but I hope I remember it right), I guess he is close to 70 or around 70 now (I visited him several times some 15 years ago)... He was awesome fighter with vast knowledge of history and everything about CMA, absolutely stunning... However, he used to keep very low profile, he taught for free and only selected students ("friends" as he used to say). Maybe people at Lion Bookstore can tell you how to contact him (or his correct name if I remember it incorrectly). His son (and several other students of his) studied martial arts at Chinese Culture University and almost all of them won several sanda (Zhongzheng bei) tournaments...

Miro

[FirmlyRootedFist]

Thanks for the lead Miro, I'll look into it when I have a chance!

[FirmlyRootedFist]

So I finally got around to contacting the people at Lion Books, I'm just waiting to hear back from them. I'll let you know how it goes, and thanks again for the lead Miro.