3 years after 2016, go go go, shows must go on! here we go, FoShan Kung Fu Trip VTAA
Thanks to Leung Kwok Fung Hung Gar Sifu, you know what, 3 years before I finally, after that day, I go up to his class, he did give me the files which captures my Sifu and papa demonstrated Ving Tsun in one of the Hong Kong University named HKUST Hall. Many thanks to this web site, if not, I previously lost my mobile and I lost contact of Leung Kwok Fung Sifu, now I know and I can search him out and remember his name in this site, who I every year wish to KUNG XI FA CHOI with him as a respect to him every Chinese Lunar New Year. In real world, may be there are many good heart people, but he definitely is one of them. Do things without considering benefit or relationship. Thank you very much Leung Kwok Fung Hung Gar Sifu.
I stopped writing for 3 years. 2016 I started this blog, have a taste of how it likes owning a site. Being so excited, but not realizing maintaining a site need persistence. Actually, a blog like life, need to work out and evolve. ………………
Times go by, follow my life, in 2017 Oct, I traveled with father to FoShan trip organized by VTAA (Ving Tsun Authentic Associate). My father ‘s student came from Spain to HK to visit him, VTAA asked if father had student helped demonstrated something in trip, though father knew Spanish student come at the period, but father did not interest the trip, he rejected and respond saying not assigning any to demonstrate Kung fu in the FoShan trip, also the trip for father was so much travel that my father just didn’t interest to join (in his age of 80s), he rejected invitation at last. When his Spanish student arrived Hong Kong, I knew they may have desire in heart to join the trip but realizing father didn’t wanted to go, they little upset I thought and sure, did not prepare any VISA, but who knew, the VTAA member some Yip Man students invited once more my father, and what then!!!! Father, he accepted to go, shit!!! I had a little argue with father since then, because if he earlier let me know he when, VISA applied earlier, far cheaper, now everything in short time in rush was so difficult………..NO VISA, NO TOUR SEAT, NO INSURANCE, but all I knew was—>SPANISH my friend WANTED TO GO and THEY NOT USUALLY IN HONG KONG and NOT USUALLY HAVE CHANGE TO JOIN VTAA ACTIVITY WITH FATHER TOGETHER………….I then tried my best to help……..the Spain students my friend need to rush for VISA for CHINA, they had only 1 days’ time, rusing paying around thousand of HKD for 2 day trip only, what ‘s more, Chinese Travel service limited according to CHINA government requires VISA applicants to prove with KUNG FU TRIP formal INVITATION letter and receipt of hotel for prove of stay in order to let you apply the VISA…….. not to mention the quick VISA already very expensive (as of now the month of 2019 FEB, I heard the CHINESE TRAVEL SERVICE LIMITED no more generate QUICK VISA).
Rush rush rush…quick quick quick….early in the morning I bought time rushing and took 6 Spanish friend to Chinese travel Service to apply for VISAs , before got into VISA counter there was ticket needed to queue up for and the ticket limited every day, we queued in early morning and ran into the counter, 6 sat down, my friends their Spanish speaking so fast and I was just elementary level in Spanish, I talked and talked and i tried hard to understand their needs, counter people didn’t know Spanish and hardly understand some English, who knew, many time I bet they didn’t get what I explained, form fields were in English and was difficult for my friend, occupation, number of kids, purpose to go China, nationality, age…..2 to 3 pages, I translated field by field with my limited language proficiency. Difficult……….., we had all form filled finally, but when found out it need 1xxx HKD (one thousand some hundreds HKD for VISA), 3 Spanishs gave up, remaining 3 kept going…….And whattspp for quick request VTAA for formal letter, pay extra an other INSURANCE for trip and seats in TOUR bus and book hotel in hotel, thanks to informatic technology, all done in street with mobile, thanks to VTAA chairman DENNIS too, we settled and finally 3 Spanish and Father and I finish all it needed to go FoShan trip.
Next, what to demo in stage Ip Man temple!!!!??? Sudden wanted to go, hey guys….what had been in you all ‘s head!!!????, we didn’t drill anything!!! OK OK you jump I jump…!!! >< we went to HONG KONG Tong Zhou Street near my home, they Chi Sao, they parted up the 3 who wanted to demonstrate some interaction of ChiSao…..and suddenly, father students wanted me involve to demonstrate one Ving Tsun form, Chum Kiu, yes, originally no problem as I learned in my Kung Fu school this form and I did has experience to demonstrate publicly for my school, I initially thought that it is piece of cake…but I was wrong….., you know what, Jose – father student wanted me demonstrate my father ‘s form which was different in style………my school was different lineage then my father strictly speaking, my father ‘s form from Ip Man, my form a little changed under Ip Man student Wong Shun Leung and now I followed SiKong Wong Shun Leung student and my form different a bit comparatively, I rejected but Jose didn’t let, what worst, my father wanted me to demonstrate his form!!!! This is big problem to me, as a student of my Sifu, I think that if demonstrated publicly, I better inform Sifu in advance, this always basic respect, but….how to start my conversation ?? like…ah…Sifu, my father wanted me to demonstrate Chum Kiu, but he wanted to demonstrate his style, not your style…….shit!!! how to open mouth!!!! You know, in reality, Sifu need to respect father and say him Sisuk, if my father wanted, sifu hard to refuse my action as that was his SISUK higher status in hierachy, but in heart, would my Sifu like that!!! I was pretty sure my sifu did not like me to demonstrate publicly not in his style………… Furthermore, no way for me, could I cover things up but hide up? No! because nowadays internet forfeit, I did not want Sifu find out I publicly demonstrate CHUM KIU only when he saw me on web fb or whatsapp video without knowing it by me direct spoke to him in advance, this was so rude as a student, disrespect for Sifu that I myself couldn’t accept…..I thought and thought, I went phone Sifu finally, embarrasedly , said everything to him, Sifu responded, how come you not demonstrate my form, you are my lineage……..you did not follow your father……like that, you know……big difficult for me…..really big difficult. Meanwhile, Jose kept teaching me my father ‘s form and I tried learned while tried convinced my Sifu. Finally Sifu did not say yes and did not say no, I knew but had no choice and kept start FoShan trip. Only few days learning a new style, though not many different, but still need practice, in the hotel I waited father sleep and practice the form more than ten times for undelying worries in heart. Also, Jose wanted to demonstrate knife, but we said we were not sure if immigration let us pass or enter mainland if we bring knife –> weapon, relunctantly, he gave up.
The morning comes, the VTAA had arranged buffet morning breakfast before the gathering in Ip Man temple, that means, we still have the time for preparing and discussing who stand where the group demo part. And here we came, conflict! I asked Jose, you expected one(one of his student), but I was quite closed friend with the student, I sensed that he joined FoShan trip for fun and seems to me he was not interested to demo which bear responsibility, I urged Jose to make sure the student intended to demo before did it, otherwise the demonstration not as what he thought it should be. For me, the one on stage must be himself wanted to, prepared to, otherwise the demonstration not intended and would not be good. I urged Jose to re-ask that student again, finally, as I expected, the student rejected to go on stage. But we already arrived the Ip Man Temple, soon need to demonstrate, Jose changed his idea, make one solo on Chum Kiu but that was no more me, that student, he was so happy, because, longed before, he also intended to do something for his country by his own. It ‘s the time! Good! For me, its good too, I didn’t have to do Chum Kiu that not my sifu style, yeah! But who knew, Jose not let me go, he wanted me do free Ving Tsun Chi Sao with him, I rejected and said him, I was not in the advance level and I needed drill instead of freely performed anytime any place. I was angry and urged that he was teacher level he definitely could whenever demonstrate without drilling, but I couldn’t. Reluctantly, he drilled a little bit there with me inside the temple. But he designed that there must be 1 minutes no drill free fight,………… what a ? But he insisted…..shit!
Close to our round to be on stage, when Jose see other team demonstrate knife, he suddenly asked why other could demonstrate knife, and I tried to ask other team to borrow, sure, failed, first the knife not the type/weight Jose used to demo, second, other team would not let you borrow. here came our teams’ round, first Jose demo, second his student on Chum Kiu, both played very good, especially the Chum Kiu, my father initially worried saying this student has background of Hung Kuen and that may not be good to be chosen on stage or good in demonstrate the Chum Kiu, who know, he played so good that even my father impressed and said GOOD! Yeah! He gained my father ‘s approval and applaud, so nice day! But here my turn, when I on stage, the MC small voice asked me did I wanted to be introduced in the name of father ‘s daughter, I said, please NO NO NO, because I played bad comparatively and I did not wish to damage my father ‘s fame with my demonstration…….how if I fail…..and I did not want pressure, so I said him please, no……who know, finally, I was presented as “[father]” ‘s daughter, I was a bit embarrassed……but I tried to focus on performance, ignore all that, no matter how, show must go on! and asked myself to ignore thoughts of other’s……..Jose first do as we drilled, I gradually in form, felt OK, but suddenly we broken apart and he started to fight me, I did not know how to react and I kick him, he was so surprised and nearly not able to re-act. and tried a few punch and he resist, and we stick back after 1 min to chisao as an end-up.
Thought not quite good on my part but still could complete the whole things, I was so happy and thrilled, especially father was so happy that was only what I cared. When I back to go down stage and sitted, one Sihing approach me, and talked with me, we said many things, talked about VT, talked about who is my Sifu, how my days in learning Kung Fu, and he suddenly said, “you see the front row seating people – Senior student of Ip Man, how many of them has their son or daughter inherit their things, you are the one, kept it!” I suprised, we did not know each other before and I knew he meaned good to me, but word has its weight that I suffocated a bit…………. I knew this is important message, but I couldn’t promise, but at that time, I did think, I wish myself to try………