Reply for Lam Sai Wing and Southern Kuoshu Institute.

[brianlkennedy]

[Chunyat]

Hi Brian,

thanks for confirming that the Southern Kuoshu Institute in Gwondung itself was not a association and for refining that there was an umbrella though.

Unfortunately there's not a lot of further info available on the net (in English then).
So your contribution raises some questions.

You mention there was a Kuoshu school in every county.
Now for mainland I can only find Nanjing Kuoshu Institute and Southern Kuoshu Institute (Gwongdung). Where can we find more about the others?
Another thing; do you think Kuoshu migth not be mentioned in mainland history that much because of political reasons?

Then you mention 'modern wushu'. You mean the Kuoshu Institutes only did form tournaments back then? Because the internet mainly goes into the sparring tournaments (such as lei tai). Also in contradiction to Ching Mou I don't see the current Kuoshu Organisation have a fixed curriculum.

Or was that different back then? With programs (franchise and branches) - how far did that go - did the institutes have their fixed program - thus all the same program as for the sets?

Lastly, since you're in Taiwan. Any remarkable stuff you heard about Lam Sai Wing that might throw me and others here off our feet?