Simon Lau: A Good Instructor?

[londoner2001]

Has anyone heard of Simon Lau he is quite famous over here in the Uk but that is nothing to go by, is he a good teacher of Wing Chun?

[yuanfen]

Being known and charging much does not mean anything about wing chun knowledge one way or the other.

[Rolling_Hand]

It's all right to express an opinion about Simon Lau, but be fair. Don't expect anything that you couldn't deliver yourself.

[edward]

I hear is under yipman line... i know the steve lee swift is one of his students

[hunt1]

kinda Yip Man,Lee Sing was his teaher.Its a hard version of WC but effective.he has produced some good fighters in his day.He has a unique personality.

[londoner2001]

I am not aware of how much he costs I emailed him asking but haven't had a reply yet. When you say hard style of Wing Chun do you mean it is aggressive and there is little emphasis on internal development and internal power? His personality you say is unique is he nice? Is he a disciplinarian I am a great believer in discipline espeically in martial arts where strong discipline leads to good students. Is he very expensive I am 17 at the moment but will be working full time from July.

Thank you for all your replies.

[dezhen2001]

Why not go round and visit his school? I'm sure you could get all the information you need there? He wrote some articles in Combat magazine a while ago, on Wing Chun and Qigong... dunno if you saw those? his school is successful and has been in S.K for many years. He was featured on BBC's "way of the warrior" show (and book) in the mid 80's.

From what i understand he's meant to be a great person and a good teacher. I dunno this Steven Lee Swift guy (is he form the US?) but i know Simon Lau taught James Sinclair and others.

good luck,

david

[londoner2001]

I got an email from him, his school is completely full, a good sign of decent teaching. There is a new course starting in May and they are going to send me details. They did not say how much he charges though money is a problem I also have to pay for transport down there.

Anyone know how much he charges?

[dezhen2001]

why not email or call them again and say that you forgot to ask how much his course would be...? simple way to find out.

david

[Rolling_Hand]

You never pay enough for a good kung fu Sifu.

[londoner2001]

I am going to ring tomorrow to see how much the course costs as long as I can afford it I will go, I have seen nothing but positive things written about him. Simon Lau has written hiw own book and appeared on television and has trained some good people, he looks good, only unlucky thing he is quite far away in South Kensington.

[dezhen2001]

good luck

There are also a lot of other people around that area. I also know the Tse Qigong Centre have classes in the centre of London (high street Kensington). Also Victor Kan and some others are close by i am sure?

Anyway, i think you will have made a good choice. Just have to get a travel card for the Tube

david

[londoner2001]

My dad was involved with Michael Tse's books publishing, he is rather expensive and I think Simon Lau is more concerned with Wing Chun michael tse did northern shoalin as well and spends a lot of time at his medicine clinic chargin extortionate prices, but I'm sure he's a good teacher Simon Lau seems like a very intelligent bloke very intellectual I read an article of his earlier on medicine chianese that is he has his head screwed on.

[[~T~]G]

Simon Lau's lessons are only once a week (1 hour) and he makes you pay around £280 for a beginners course which lasts ~10 weeks....that includes one years membership and uniform. I actually went down to his place and asked if I could watch a lesson.....they said I'd have to join first. Only people with more money than sense would pay that much for tuition without actually seeing how good the teacher is. I worked it out to be well over £10 a lesson (See my other post about WC schools in London)

So he's well known in the UK WC community, but there are also some 'rumours' about some fallout with one of his former students (also a well known teacher in the UK) and how he claimed to be taught by Yip Man.

Personally I wouldnt commit that much money on something that I havent seen for myself.

About Michael Tse...I actually took part in one of his lessons. Although they too are only 1 hr long, I found him to be an extremely good teacher. Lessons are relaxed, there are no warm ups....demonstrations and techniques are practiced, as well as light contact sparring in my first lesson. He charges around £6 (discounts for students) per lesson, with no obligation to join until after 3 lessons.

You could also checkout Victor Kan, hes somewhere near Bank in central London.

Hope this helps,

G

[yuanfen]

So he's well known in the UK WC community, but there are also some 'rumours' about some fallout with one of his former students (also a well known teacher in the UK) and how he claimed to be taught by Yip Man.
((Well .<g>)))

Personally I wouldnt commit that much money on something that I havent seen for myself.