I Cant Find Any Choy Lay Fut Anywhere!!!

[Drake]

But Masta - I Am Sick Of Da Mountain. Iz Cold And Rocky.

[lianweizhi]

Most of us study under a sifu and have so for a long time. Few people learn via videos as that can only take you so far even if you do have a background in another style. If you don't have CLF in your area you have a few choices:

1) pick another style
2) move
3) videos, books & DVDs

Personally I think having a sifu is the most important thing if you truly want to understand a style. I have been doing CLF for around 15 years and I always learn something new. There is plenty of CLF around if you are in the right places. If you live in the middle of a corn field in Iowa you are SOL but it's out there.

Actually, sisuk, I was recently in Marion, Iowa and found a handful of Chang Quan students who recently started learning CLF from a Master Tomkins. In their school, they had some photos up of their teacher with GM Lee Koon Hung and Sisuk Joe. I had to say that seeing that they had some connection to our family was almost as surprising as discovering that the head instructor of their school (a 26 year old blond kid from Cedar Rapids, Iowa) spoke fluent Mandarin!

Anyhow, just wanted to point out that there actually is some CLF out in the middle of "God's Country", as one of my mentors liked to put it!

[Infrazael]

Where do you live KFNOOB?

[CLFNole]

Grant:

Are you sure it wasn't Li Siu Hung and Joe? That would make more sense.

L

[Eric Olson]

If I were you I'd look for a good boxing school.

EO

[lianweizhi]

Grant:

Are you sure it wasn't Li Siu Hung and Joe? That would make more sense.

L

Actually, yes I think it was. It's been a few months! D@mn these MBA classes - they're making my brain stupider!

[Mano Mano]

If I were you I'd look for a good boxing school.

EO

I wouldn’t say you sound bitter, but you could sour a bag of lemons.

[Infrazael]

If I were you I'd look for a good boxing school.

EO

You used to be 100% pro CLF, what happened? I understand the whole boxing/MMA jumpship because I trained at a very good MMA gym for a year. It's insanely good training but I wouldn't say boxing > CLF.

For the ring yes, obviously, the sole intention of boxing is to be used in the ring.

[thailandgary]

Check the site www.ChoyLiFutMokHung.com Good instructional Choy Li Fut DVD.

[CLFNole]

That is not CLF that is Wong Ark Yu's 5 Family Style, which I think is his own creation becuase the traditional 5 southern family styles were:

Hung, Lau, Choy, Lay & Mok. Fut Gar is not really a family style persay as Fut isn't a family name.

[Eric Olson]

You used to be 100% pro CLF, what happened? I understand the whole boxing/MMA jumpship because I trained at a very good MMA gym for a year. It's insanely good training but I wouldn't say boxing > CLF.

For the ring yes, obviously, the sole intention of boxing is to be used in the ring.

Often a good boxing gym is a better choice. The reason is that in a boxing gym you get lots of sparring experience early on and don't usually get fed a bunch of unrealistic bull**** like you see in a lot martial arts schools.

Specific issues with CLF I've outlined before and won't do so again here. If you do a search you can probably find them.

EO

[Eric Olson]

I wouldn’t say you sound bitter, but you could sour a bag of lemons.

Bitter and sour are different flavors.

EO

[Mano Mano]

Bitter and sour are different flavors.

EO

I agree but closely linked together than opposites.

[Eric Olson]

I agree but closely linked together than opposites.

Haha...I didn't realize you were Alec Morris until I looked at your profile (mano mano sounds vaguely hispanic). I notice it says you aren't currently training in CLF either. Any particular reason?

Cheers,

EO

[Infrazael]

Eric, are you currently doing boxing, MMA, or something different? Just curious.

I hope life is going well for you out East.

It's good to see you here again.