Saturday
Saturday began with a meeting with members of the San Francisco Wing
Chun Community in Oakland. The lineages represented were the
Hung Fa Yi/Garrett Gee/Benny Meng
Moy Yat/Benny Meng
Lo Man Kam/John Kang
Pan Nam/Eddie Chong
Leung Sheung/Ken Chung/Eddie Chong
Leung Ting
Ho Kam Ming/Buddy Wu
members of the Vince Lacey and Johny Jang families were also present.
The participants were:
Garrett Gee
Benny Meng
Allan Kong
Mike Mathews
Jeremy Roadruck
Joe Seidenschmidt
John Kang
Tom Richards
Antonio Carion
Jason Fujii
Edgar Chan
Rick Ho
Chris Quach
Hiroe Hanazono
Kathleen Miller
Daniel Aquino
Deji Akinwands
Mike Mah
Tom Parker
Vincent Parcov
VTM members strike a Hung Fa Yi pose
The meeting covered the following topics:
a demonstrations of SNT from the HFY and Lo Man Kam lineages
a discussion on the opening movements of SNT
a question was raised on the Bong Sau sequence in the HFY SNT.
Sifu Meng discussed this thoughts on HFY.
Sifu Gee discussed the HFY concept of Time and Space in reference
to the opening of SNT
Tom Parker made the observation on Yip Man’s approach to
making Wing Chun simpler. Tom asked how HFY makes combat simpler.
Sifu Gee responded by giving a specific example of simplicity. He
asked Tom to demonstrate how he would engage with an opponent. Tom
used a stance with one leg directly in front of the body. Sifu Gee
pointed out that HFY does not make use of this type of stance. To
put one leg in front of the body creates a preference in your
footwork and limits your mobility, requiring time to adjust.
Tom Parker also made mention of the Pan Nam lineage’s use of
5 lines. Sifu Gee explained that he has had the Pan Nam 5 lines
explained to him, but the usage is different between the two.
Tom Parker mentioned a Hei Gung aspect to the end of Pan Nam
lineage’s SNT. Sifu Gee mentioned that you have to know who
Pan Nam is and where he comes from to understand Pan Nam’s
Wing Chun as well as the timeframe that Pan Nam was teaching Wing
Chun.
a discussion on daan chi sau
a discussion on seung chi sau
a discussion on footwork
an open discussion that ranged through several topics very quickly
group photo
After the group photo, members of John Kang’s group touched
hands with members of the VTM group. Time was running out as some
people were making plans to go to dim sum while others were going
to stay in the park and discuss and play for a while longer.
Following the meeting, several participants joined Sifu Gee and the
VTM group for dim sum and further discussions.
