White Crane Kung Fu and the Karate Connection - 5 Mar 2011 - Kevin Hughes - Highlight 2

[martinpaulwatts]

Hi,

I see that you are demoing yong chun crane katas. Have you trained with anyone from these schools?

Martin Watts

[koryubugei]

@martinpaulwatts I have done a few seminars with people teaching Yong Chun in my explorations to further my understanding of Hakutsuru Kempo or the Okinawan method of White Crane.

[martinpaulwatts]

@koryubugei thanks for the information. Do you know of anyone in the states that is teaching yong chun white crane of the san zhan that you are demonstrating?

[koryubugei]

@martinpaulwatts I believe there is someone in California, but I am not sure if they are still there and I did not train with them. The seminars I went to were conducted in Germany when I was stationed there from 1993 to 1995.

[martinpaulwatts]

@koryubugei I would be extremely suprised to find anyone was teaching these San Zhan versions in Germany in 1993 - or even today. If you remember more details let me know. Thanks.

[koryubugei]

@martinpaulwatts At the time, I was stationed at Strausburg Kaserna in Idar-Oberstein Germany. I studied Wing Tsun Kung Fu that meet at a health club in Idar-Oberstein. I also walked to an adjacent town and studied Shotokan Karate that meet in the gym of a local school. I became aware of the seminar from one of these groups. Can't remember which one any more. Other than that, I do not recall anything else. At the time, I cared more about technique than I did about lineage and history.

[witri9]

Good video, but it keeps stopping at 6:15.

[koryubugei]

@witri9 Thank you for the feedback. I played the video and it did not stop at 6:15. It played to the end. You might want to update your flash player or see if you have anything associated with your browser that might be causing the hic-up.