http://sfproject.com/blog Shaolin School of Health and Self-defense Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:30:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Five thousand years ago the ancients knew the power of the Acupoints. It is said that the fewer amounts of Acupoints used for a treatment the better. Image the type of needles the healers or doctors used during that time. They were course and rough unlike the ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/10/09/when-less-is-more-2/ The topic for the internet talk show is: What is the ending stage of martial arts? I tried to stay as much as possible on the topic because I tend to drift from topic to topic. When I was comparing the 4 forces of nature to the 4 ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/09/06/90608-news-for-the-soul-%e2%80%93-opps/ Sifu Greg Yau has mastered the internal aspects of Wing Chun Kung Fu. His art focuses on teaching the internal energies of the body…the synchronization of the knowledge of the Acupuncture Meridians in your own body with self awareness and instinct. The Classic Art of War by Sun ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/09/03/13/ Greg Yau has developed a methodology for promoting health and body strength based upon the ancient techniques that underlie Shaolin Gong Fu. It uses the physical body as the foundation for connecting to the Universal Energy of the Absolute. This process for strengthening the body can provide a pathway for ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/09/03/greg-yau%e2%80%99s-method/ Below is a short paragraph taken from the book, “Grandmaster Yip Man Centenary Birthday”, written by his son Yip Chun, from the first chapter titled “My Father – IP Man. The book is from the Wing Tsun Athletic Association. “Apart from great attainments in Wing Chun, the Master received ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/09/02/in-the-beginning/ Below is a short paragraph taken from the book, “Grandmaster Yip Man Centenary Birthday”, published by the Wing Tsun Athletic Association. The chapter is titled, “The Uniqueness of Wing Chun,” written by Stewart H. Fung. The uniqueness of training Wing Chun is the emphasis of “Gum Gok”. ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/09/02/perception-gum-gok/ East Meets West Synchronization The year was 1964 was when I realized that I was going far away and may never come back to my home again. That was the first shock of my life and it woke me up to reality. NO-THING was forever. For the first ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/06/24/east-meets-west-synchronization/ The Beginning: Siu Lim Tao ~ Before we begin the Siu Lim Tao, the most important parts of any form, is the opening and the closing. The opening stance for setting the structural foundation of the entire Wing Chun System is the “Yee Ji Keem Yueng Ma”. Yi Ji ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/06/24/wing-chun-mother-stance-yi-ji-keem-yueng-ma/ After training three years at the United States Kung Fu Academy with Sifu Chris Chan, I was instructed by Uncle Chris to train with my Uncle Stanley Chan. Uncle Stanley was a closed door student learning private lessons from the Great Grandmaster Yip Man for 10 years. Yip ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/06/20/siu-lim-tao/ Every journey begins with the first step. My first beginning step towards my destiny was learning the art of Wing Chun Kung Fu. The year was 1971, my first year of high school. My teacher and uncle Grand Master Chris Chan, told me that if ... http://sfproject.com/blog/2008/06/19/every-journey-begins-with-the-first-step/