Interesting... Yes Lok Yiu was known for his LDB, pitty he was such a private person didnt always let things go as easy as others...you had to be close and he had to like you. Id love to Lee Shings Pole form - see how similar things are.......
Its not that i wanted to drop it, but more because my Sifu has high, unchanging standards. By the time i reached his level of satisfaction in the arrow horse and was making the tip of the kwan, shake in a circle the size of a large grapefruit in Dan Kwan drills, he was a bit to old to stick the pole with me....
He's old school - had to learn the energy first... ahhhhhh
Hes not taught anyone else in our class (im the oldest anyway, 27) that i could stick with.
So he began teaching me the BJD. Bit bummed really, the LDB is much harder but i always wanted to learn it from my Sifu cause he showed me some fairly sick 5hit 10 odd years ago when i started and i wanted to get that skill (or close to it) from him....
Anyway im happy with the BJD and i love the functionality, sparring / drills we do with them.....