CEB
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Post by CEB on Jan 28, 2005 22:10:35 GMT -5
Was there just supposed to be one red opera boat or were there multiple red junks. Just curious. Thanks.
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Hungfist
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Post by Hungfist on Jan 29, 2005 10:54:02 GMT -5
I had heard this was a fallacy.
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CEB
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Post by CEB on Feb 2, 2005 9:40:40 GMT -5
Thanks. I had heard this also, probably over at the SF board. The legend of the Red Opera junk has made its way oral traditions of more tham one boxing discipline. After a while you may have to decide what is more important 1)an actual factual account ( which may not be so exciting ) or 2) a fantastic tale that inspires the fighting spirit of those who practice a discipline. I like the stories. I grew up near the Mississsippi River where all the Steam powered showboats of the 1800s were white. But we have a saying that goes, Paint the town red! Thanks again.
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Post by CEB on Feb 3, 2005 10:33:19 GMT -5
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Hungfist
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Post by Hungfist on Feb 13, 2005 3:04:57 GMT -5
The way I understand it is that the Disciples of the Pear Garden belonged to the Red Boat Opera Society.- who were covert revolutionaries traveling as entertainers.
They were supposedly assassins of the highest degree and would use Wing Chun to incapacitate the bodyguards of the intended execution.
This is one of the stories about where Wing Chun came from - instead of the traditional stories about the nun escaping the Fukien temple destruction and forming the first Wing Chun exercises.
I try to research the stories to find the facts.
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