My original training lineage defined

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I never thought of it 'back in the day' but now, after a bit of research can trace my 1980's Wing Chun training back to Master Lo Man Kam, a nephew of GGM Ip Man. One of GGM Ip's students proir to Ip relocating to Hong Kong.

The 80's school I joined had a patch we worn on out uniforms, back than thinking it was a JKD patch...I now know it was for "Kai Sai (Christopher Casey) Chinese Boxing" that Master James Cravens carries on since the passing of Kai Sai.

Master Lo Man Kam called his art "Yim Wing Chun to accent its softness to distinguish it from the much more common hard style". Sounds very much like Sigung CST style. Softness to me would be "use no force" (where do we hear this?), Structure and State" based style of WC.

Master Lo Man Kam was a class mater of Sigung Chu Shong Tin.

Just wanted to share...

Note: Below is the patch I referenced, its meaning is "Kai Sai Energy Boxing", and I really wish I can find mine...

Chinese Boxing is what I would call MMA with out any rules, a good research read for sure.

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