Chinese Boxing addendum

Grand Master Alan Lee, my sigung (teachers teacher) died in 1989. He was a gentle, caring and dangerous man, he gave my sifu the key to unlocking the best in every student. He gave him the finesse which is shared with every participant in our school. He also gave him Grand Master T'sen Ch'o. After attaining the red belt, all students in my sifus class would migrate upstairs...a place, that, as young colored belts, would be held in awe and suspicion. No one under the red belt status was allowed upstairs, but the screams and moans and thumps and slaps only provoked the young ones to imagine what could possibly be going on up there. Once old enough to go up, the curiosity quickly turned to apprehension, because they were old enough to be afraid...and fear, it is said, will keep you alive.

Grand Master Ch'o was a very large, brutish Chinaman with thick wrists a barrel chest and a penchant for inflicting pain. My sifu learned a lot from GM Lee...but he learned a whole new world from GM Ch'o. They say sadism can't be learned...I beg to differ.While my sifu is as kind hearted and selfless as can be, in that what is his, is yours, and his home is open to all...he can be a terror, your WORST nightmare. Given that, it is understandable that his 58-o super lightweight kickboxing record was achievable, and that 3 times he stood to defend his world championship and 3 times stood undefeated in that endeavor. Yes my sifu is a kindly old man, the best teacher I've ever had, and the scariest man I or you'll ever meet. You can see him in action giving a demo on chi at "one inch board bites the dust" and "one finger board break" on You Tube, also in the Wilson N.C. Times there is some good slo mo video of a one finger board break...hard to believe till you see it...and feel it.