Wingchun and White Crane in Taibei

[lilongyue]

Hi everyone,

I am moving to Taiwan in Janurary, and I’m interested in studying either Wingchun or White Crane in Taiebi. Can anyone recommend a place, or teacher? I speak Chinese, so language isn’t an issue.

Thanks!

[Chris]

biffswingchun.blogspot.com/

[lilongyue]

After reading this:

Here in Taipei, there’s not much by way of street-crime at all. No dangerous parts of town. I haven’t been threatened physically by anyone in decades. So, wing chun devolved into a sport. Even worse, a way to keep off the fat, an excuse to socialize. Much like a lot of tai chi is these days: domesticated into a sort of taibo for artiste’s and sandal addicts. Well, now I’m evolving wing chun back into it’s original purpose: kicking ass. About time, eh?

and this:

A few weeks ago at a praying mantis school, a top student felt the need to prove himself to his teacher and he tried to knock me out and break one of my legs. He managed to do neither, but it was a healthy reminder that it was time to move from the idle joys of chi-shou into the practical pleasures of fighting technic.

I’m a bit wary. Actually, the second quote made me more interested in the Praying Mantis school than the Wing Chun teacher. While I’m not learning gongfu so I can go out and start fights, I want to learn something that will help me defend myself. This guy’s blog made me think that he himself is relearning how to apply wing chun for self defense. I’d also rather learn from a Taiwanese teacher. I speak Chinese and don’t need a foreigner to teach me in English, and I’m also at a point in my Chinese where I really need to push myself more, and place myself in all Chinese speaking environments. I want to learn all the gongfu terminology in Chinese, not in English, or in another native English speaking person’s Chinese. Thank you for the link, though.

[jimipresley]

[quote=“lilongyue”]Hi everyone,

I am moving to Taiwan in Janurary, and I’m interested in studying either Wingchun or White Crane in Taiebi. Can anyone recommend a place, or teacher? I speak Chinese, so language isn’t an issue.

Thanks![/quote]

WTF is “Taiebi” ?

[lilongyue]

[quote=“jimipresley”][quote=“lilongyue”]Hi everyone,

I am moving to Taiwan in Janurary, and I’m interested in studying either Wingchun or White Crane in Taiebi. Can anyone recommend a place, or teacher? I speak Chinese, so language isn’t an issue.

Thanks![/quote]

WTF is “Taiebi” ?[/quote]

It’s something we humans call a “typo.”