Solid State Kettlebells and Fitness

A martial journey through the New York martial art community

admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:00:30 +0000

Sifu Michael Manganiello wrote an article at his website http://www.lingnamsiulum.com about his journey through martial arts. I wanted to include the section where he discusses meeting, training with and finding inspiration from my teacher Sifu Robert Chu. Around 1982-83, I was introduced to William Cheung (Cheung Cheuk Hing) by Victor Parlati. Victor had worked for [...]

Bruce’s Classical Mess: Part 4

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:00:04 +0000

Bruce’s Classical Mess: Cleaning up the Mess the “Little Dragon” Left Behind By Hawkins Cheung, as told to Robert Chu (First published in Inside Kung-Fu 92/02) Bruce’s sudden death left behind a classical mess. We can’t deny the impact that Bruce had. Eighteen years since Bruce’s passing, and hundreds of martial artists are still trying [...]

Bruce Lee’s Mother Art: Part 3

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:00:37 +0000

This is a great article of historical importance as told by my Si Gung Hakins Cheung and published thanks to my Sifu Robert Chu. I have included all 4 parts in their own individual posts. the original can be found here. Wing Chun By Hawkins Cheung, as told to Robert Chu (First published in Inside [...]

Bruce Lee Discovers Jeet Kuen Do: Part 2

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:00:50 +0000

This is a great article of historical importance as told by my Si Gung Hakins Cheung and published thanks to my Sifu Robert Chu. I have included all 4 parts in their own individual posts. the original can be found here. Bruce Lee went back to Hong Kong to learn more from his teacher, the [...]

Bruce Lee’s Hong Kong Years: Part 1

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:00:53 +0000

This is a great article of historical importance as told by my Si Gung Hakins Cheung and published thanks to my Sifu Robert Chu. I have included all 4 parts in their own individual posts. the orriginal can be found here. A couple of “juvenile delinquents” named Bruce Lee and Hawkins Cheung roamed the streets [...]

Bottom up kettlebell seated press workout

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:00:45 +0000

Bottom up presses are grueling on the grip and a challenge for the shoulders. Add the fact that your seated and this takes the workout to a whole new level of intensity. 10 minutes one switch. I let my students at the San Diego kettlebell workout switch to a regular grip once the bottom up [...]

Valery Fedorenko demonstrates a Long Cycle workout.

admin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:00:37 +0000

Inspired by this video we did this workout as part of our training last night. It is really tough especially if you push the weight and keep switching sides down to a minimum. The workout is the LongCycle with unlimited switch of hands for 10 minutes. Valery, my coach demonstrates it in this you tube [...]

Ip Man movie – a look from a 2nd generation Ip Man student

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Robert Chu, a second generation student of Ip Man (also romanized as “Yip Man”), talks about the authenticity of the Ip Man movie and historical facts. Recently released on DVD in Chinese, I watched it and enjoyed it. Donnie plays my Sigung, Ip Man, in Foshan, China during the Japanese occupation in 1938. In my [...]

X Marks the spot

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:00:08 +0000

Trapping is a core training method of Wing Chun Kuen, but it has been complicated to teach. Over the years, I’ve searched for ways to teach the skills to my students. I would explain, “After striking with the Tan Da, the right fist changes into a Lop Sao and traps the opponent, where you strike [...]

What are the unique features of our Wing Chun?

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:00:15 +0000

Interview with my teacher, Si Gung Robert Chu explains what makes our system of Wing Chun unique and a good option for those wishing to quickly excel in this martial art. You could say my WCK is the functional version of WCK. Even with all the training and research I have done, I don’t combine [...]