Monday, May 17, 2010

Your point of view in this please ?

Do you know Sam hing fai chan kung fu sifu ? what do you think ?


I am seeking informations aout his teaching skills, how good he is. He studied kung fu under Lee Ngou who his turn studied under Jow Biu (disciple of the jow ga kung fu creator)


In wing chun Sam hing fai chan is from Ip man's lineage


quite impressive but I don't want to end up in a bad school thanks

Your point of view in this please ?
I am sorry, but I have never heard of this person.





If you are worried about this school then watch a class or two and see how he teaches and what kind of instructor he is. If you are cautious, there is probably a good reason.





Good luck!
Reply:First and formost the best way to determine if you think he's a good instructor is go watch, ask questions (to him, or students). Hands on is the best way to know. It seems nice and all to have this long lineage of who's who on your wall but it dosen't really matter who he trained under. When it comes down to it the question is How good is he? Right? Best way to find that out is to go watch him teach. Join in a class or two. Talk with anyone and everyone at the school. Most likely you won't get much neg. from anyone or they wouldn't be there, but ask them your questions.
Reply:I've trained with people that trained under some great fighters that were crap, some that were great....





At the end of the day it all depends on how well they learn their style and then how good they are at teaching it to you.





Just check it out and make up your own mind. Remember, the same goes for you, there is no gurantee that you will be any good either ;-) Just train hard


1 comment:

  1. there are many schools that have "masters" with lineage of past known masters. the problem lies here, how far away, were they good students, did they keep the same teaching tech in its originality....all these things matter a great deal. student of a student of a student that made a master does not make them a good. teacher..i have seen this a great deal with san soo kung fu. i have only seen a couple schools that teach the original way....ah soo, fut gaw, tsoi li ho, nam pi.....in that order....most schools start with nam pi, teaching blackbelt tech to whitebelts is not right...makes for bad fake san soo black belts with no fundamental grasp at all. look into dennis "bear" kirby. he teaches real san soo...the only one as far as i know

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