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Hello Bamboo,

Innovation is not disloyal, in fact, that is exactly what any real teacher would have built us for, training effectively, recognizing excellence, defining the key points, and processing new information in terms of what is relevant, and of what we already know that works...

The thing of it is, when it comes to the Hung Ga Kyun, for most people, anything more than Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kyun is just too much, twice a week, 90 minute sessions each...

For somebody who likes to get up early every morning, the Tit Sin Kyun is possible, and likely will amount to something great...

If somebody has time to put together a set of longhands for themselves, gaining more versatility with their shorthand skills as well, Fu Hok and the Sap Ying offer a convenient gradient for that, and several dozen extra skills on top of what should already have been assimilated from the Gung Ji Fu Fu Kyun, after some 3 years time. This not only will require extra practice sessions, but with an auxilliary program of development, with training equiptment, coordinated among workout partners as well...

So, at this juncture, if your results don't justify your efforts, you might consider running back the tape, to see just where you might be going wrong, as you should already have all of the main, important points of Southern Chinese systems blended within that format, and thus be an example of "what those do"...

What else could you possibly want to practice?



Best,

Michael

Chinese masters say: "practice one family, observe hundred familes"

i feel no need to learn more sets from other systems, however, i am always interested and willing to learn about the way of how they issue power, their body movement, structure, methodology of training, stucture of their curriculum, fighting approach and application. i have met loads of top Hung Kyun, CLF, WCH etc. masters during my research in China and HK, and have always learned something very useful - not a set though.

anyway, if you have a chance learn (whatever - set, weapon, qigong set... ) from a skilfull expert, go for it. you can "give it back" later any time you want. many things i have learnt in the past i do not teach or practice anymore.

same goes here - some of my friends are top instructors of various systems, so we often exchange ideas. eg. - i have taught one of my WCH friends sap ying kyun, and he has shown me a loads of WCH chi sau drills. do i practice chi sau? hell, no, but it has helped me a lot in understanding our short bridges. dtto for eg. CLF and our long bridges - that is why i have organised a LF seminar for my school, led by very good friend of mine. cross training is a must for an advance practitoner, especially sparring against various martial arts. we already had boxers, judokas, kickboxers, Thai boxers, taekwondo guys, WCH guys, xingyi guys, baguazhang guys etc. etc. on our Friday's saan da matches. experience!