New Year Message from the Admin....

[Eric Ling]

Hahahahaha,

Tomorrow is the 1st day of the new lunar year.

The year of the Rooster.

As the "Toa Pek Kong" of the forum, I like to wish all members, especially those who did introduce yourselves, a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

May the New Year bring you all that your heart desire and may your desires bring joy to families, friends and fellowmen.

We are family. The family of martial arts. We come here for one purpose and one purpose only – to candidly and truthfully share and learn from one another.

We must RESPECT each other regardless of creeds or views. In other words, be nice to each other or else……..hehehe.

And most importantly for the many that joined and for whatever reasons choose to stay in the dark, those days will be over soon.

You see, I believe in the concept of “family”. And total strangers cannot be “family”. I am planning to change the format of this forum so that only those are introduced have access.

I want members to be able to share openly without the concern of lurking strangers.

I want to be able to put out more materials and not have the same apprehension.

If you don’t want your personal info to be publicized, drop me or Evert a personal message. We’ll respect your wish for privacy.

I know, I know there’ll be some of you who are think that I am being bossy or authoritarian or whatever………….

But hey, I cannot please everyone.

I try to please those I know first.

Thank you very much.

Kong Xi Fa Cai.

Kang Pei.

Yours VERY Humbly,

Eric Ling.


;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Suhana LIM]

Eric "Toa Pek Kong" ni hao

Gong Xi Fa Cai to you and family.
I agree with the idea. Keep the kopitiam with open and sincere members only.

Cheers.

[Fatman]

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all

[DF]

Happy new year to everyone and best wishes to all.
May the coming year fill with peace and joy for the world.

Eric,

I am 100% supportive of your decision, it is your house and should be your rules. Thank you very much for allowing us to be here.

DF

[TenTigers]

A joyous,prosperous, healthy and happy New Year to all.
Gong Hey Fat Choy
(Go away Fat Boy?)

[Firehawk]

Happy New Year .
Robert

[PaulH]

Hi Eric et. all,

I think this should be indeed a very happy new year for any roosters in this forum though I cannot speak with certainty for my grasshopper self.

My green eyes have seen the green grass of Hung Gar and White Crane for days and I hope I will find some praiseworthy Spring song of a cricket by the year end.

Happy Chinese New Year! =)

[Eric Ling]

Dear TenTigers

I just now, notice your quote;

"I will NOT be of the generation that killed Kung-Fu!"

Forgive me I am an old man.

What an inspirational statement!!

I remember when I was in my 20s, some kung fu brothers (different styles), kinda got together and made the same pledge.

Sadly, one 1 or 2 in this group remember this. Many are no longer really doing Kung Fu actively. With their families, business etc…<br>
I am lucky, in the sense that my wife is also from a Kung Fu family. She empathizes with my passion.

The traditional kung fu journey is a difficult one especially in these times.

• We don’t have the mass appeal of flashier WuShu.
• Many are simplifying Traditional Kung Fu to seek more followers thus eroding the arts.
• The crazy political in-fighting that is taking place within kung fu families.
• The charlatans, frauds and cons who are distorting Traditional Kung Fu for their own agenda.

My Kung Fu brothers and I said it slightly differently back then;

“Traditional Kung Fu must not die with us”.

We see ourselves as a link in the chain and we must fulfill by passing it on.

That is how to NOT kill it.

This little forum is created to bring the like-minded together.

Kung Fu brothers, young or old, who take it upon themselves to carry on the great tradition of Chinese Kung Fu.

An unfulfilled aspiration for me.

An aspiration, I hope that will rub on to the younger brothers in kung fu.

To quote ancient wisdom;

“In the Chang Jiang, it’s the younger waves that push the older waves”.

Thank you my young friend.

[Suhana LIM]

Eric said:

Dear TenTigers

I just now, notice your quote;

"I will NOT be of the generation that killed Kung-Fu!"

Forgive me I am an old man.

What an inspirational statement!!

I remember when I was in my 20s, some kung fu brothers (different styles), kinda got together and made the same pledge.

Sadly, one 1 or 2 in this group remember this. Many are no longer really doing Kung Fu actively. With their families, business etc…<br>
I am lucky, in the sense that my wife is also from a Kung Fu family. She empathizes with my passion.

The traditional kung fu journey is a difficult one especially in these times.

• We don’t have the mass appeal of flashier WuShu.
• Many are simplifying Traditional Kung Fu to seek more followers thus eroding the arts.
• The crazy political in-fighting that is taking place within kung fu families.
• The charlatans, frauds and cons who are distorting Traditional Kung Fu for their own agenda.

My Kung Fu brothers and I said it slightly differently back then;

“Traditional Kung Fu must not die with us”.

We see ourselves as a link in the chain and we must fulfill by passing it on.

That is how to NOT kill it.

This little forum is created to bring the like-minded together.

Kung Fu brothers, young or old, who take it upon themselves to carry on the great tradition of Chinese Kung Fu.

An unfulfilled aspiration for me.

An aspiration, I hope that will rub on to the younger brothers in kung fu.

To quote ancient wisdom;

“In the Chang Jiang, it’s the younger waves that push the older waves”.

Thank you my young friend.

Da jia ni men hao

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.



Cheers.

[Hungfist]

Gung Hay Fat Choy -

Humans follow Earth,
Earth follows Heaven,
Heaven follows Tao,
Tao follows Nature.



Joy and Peace to all.