Lightning Hand Academy | Sifu Ray | Favorites https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/members/ray/activity/favorites/ Activity feed of Sifu Ray's favorites. Mon, 02 Jan 2023 01:25:26 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 7ca3395a3d1ddd18fa0fe0683ae9e25f Shawn Elam replied to the topic Past martial arts backgrounds? in the forum Wing Chun Forum https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/forums/topic/past-martial-arts-backgrounds/#post-94205 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 21:21:18 -0800 I started as a kid. My father wanted to toughen  us up , so he insisted I that me and my brothers take a taekwondo class. We did that for around 6 months then took a boxing class for awhile. When I was 25 I was working in construction and one of my co workers was a brown belt in taekwondo and was always talking about his art. One day I asked him…Read more

]]> 0 e14332e0cbd058c4f615f7465f0cb5c1 Sam replied to the topic Past martial arts backgrounds? in the forum Wing Chun Forum https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/forums/topic/past-martial-arts-backgrounds/#post-94177 Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:52:01 -0800 I grew up in Southeast Portland. Everywhere from the willamette river in Sellwood to 82nd and Foster were my stomping grounds. One of my closest friends and I spent a lot of our childhood doing hoodrat things with our older brothers/cousins. Staying out in the streets til 4 AM, drinking and smoking at such a young age provided a lot of heated and…Read more

]]> 1 41126123c06597291350ec968b0f24f8 Dan Ma and Brandon are now friends https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/activity/p/141/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:37:38 -0800 0 7be54b67f8ceee308376192bc6b3f89f Nick Iadanza replied to the topic What's your favorite kung fu movie? in the forum Wing Chun Forum https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/forums/topic/whats-your-favorite-kung-fu-movie/#post-94115 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:39:17 -0800 “The Raid” – Indonesian -not exactly kung fu but pretty amazing fights.

]]> 1 1472c5bdfdc556c1aa15d8f27514b329 Veronica replied to the topic What's your favorite kung fu movie? in the forum Wing Chun Forum https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/forums/topic/whats-your-favorite-kung-fu-movie/#post-94112 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:18:15 -0800 Do I have to name only one?!
I love Wing Chun with Michelle Yeoh!

]]> 1 1477c814f62453576cad5e0210bd9775 Captain Crunch posted an update in the group Wing Chun https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/activity/p/103/ Sat, 08 Feb 2020 18:55:09 -0800 I wanted to share how I’ve been dealing with loosening up my shoulders. @ray told me a couple things on separate occasions:
1. have a partner hold your hands, so you can lean back…this will help stretch and open your joints
2. use a stretchy band or a broom stick and use it behind you to help with stretching
I combined the two suggestions…Read more

]]> 5 e982ca4922d99b28d52d8e6bd4617c58 Captain Crunch posted an update in the group Kung Fu Cafe https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/activity/p/78/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 07:31:29 -0800 Probably the strangest version of the siu lim tao I’ve seen so far…

]]> 0 a115ba080e3a38c449c09982e1791425 regroove posted an update in the group Kung Fu Cafe https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/activity/p/62/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 21:16:36 -0800 I thought this was an interesting documentary on Wu Mei gungfu, who is cited as the creator of Wing Chun.

]]> 0 cf8acb7ae33f54516ad4b5b0e36fd919 Veronica changed their profile picture https://www.testsite.wingchunpdx.com/activity/p/35/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 05:04:36 -0700 0