As regular readers know, I live near Duxton Plain Park and that’s where I go to practice. In the last couple of years, I’ve only seen one other Westerner there – my German friend Patricia, who trains with Chin Woo. There used to be a Russian guy, Seva, who was a top student with Rennie Chong, but he moved to Australia while I was in China.
In the last week, though, I’ve seen two new faces. First: Carlos, an Englishman who’s training in Wing Chun at the same Cantonese clan house I wrote about recently. Tonight, I met Laurence (who I think is French, judging by his accent). He’s studying Wu style taijiquan with a master in Hong Kong street. This rings a bell – I think I read something on sgwutan about a master who taught taiji as a martial art in that part of town.
Hmm, anyway, Duxton Plain Park is turning into the place to be
Carlos might be one of the very few “angmoh” students of Ku Sifu. If he is and does not mind, I look forward to seeing him do the Cho Family’s “siu lim tao” set on youtube
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The sifu of Wu style taiji of Laurence might be Mr. Yeo? I heard from a classmate this sifu has a strong “qi” and his taiji “works.”
[...] I met up with Carlos, the English Wing Chun student I met back in April; we’ve been meaning to catch up for ages, but never got round to it. He’s got an [...]