Originally Posted by
Mulong
I truly admire Choy Leih Faht/Cai Li Fo (蔡李佛), because it is one of the few disciplines that have the uncanny ability to synthesize other styles/influences so coherent that the finial product has no loosened, and simply looks like CLF.
Curious, how many architects has CLF had after Chahn Heung/Chen Xing (陳享) passing?
Hundreds, by now. As my sifu said, "Every generation changes it a little."
You bring up a good point. I like to say that a coherent eclectic system is one that has first passed through the central nervous system of an experienced fighter.
The current trend of grab bag techniques (exemplified by a guy I met once who claimed he taught karate and taiji and Hung Ga and Wing Chun) lack affinity and a student of such a mess may be more confused than enabled by the training. Fighting experience has a way of knocking the chaff off the wheat and develops the elusive sense of a style.
Chan Heung managed this beautifully. Many others did as well, so we now have Hung Fut, Tai Chi Praying Mantis, Lama Pai and others that are perfectly self-consistent in their blendings.
"Look, I'm only doing me job. I have to show you how to defend yourself against fresh fruit."
For it breeds great perfection, if the practise be harder then the use. Sir Francis Bacon
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