Pictures

[dancerjodi]

An old friend of the family has (I discovered) opened his own martial arts studio in Australia. He moved there from Boston years ago to study under the world grand master of Wing Chun http://www.cheungswingchun.com/WWCKFAindex.html . He was even deemed "Hall of Fame Kung Fu Instructor of the Year" in 1997 by Blitz Magazine http://www.sportzblitz.net/blitz-martial-arts/magazine.php. After working there for a while he's moved on to open http://www.qianlidao.com/

Here's an interesting story of his life (though a bit old, he's been married for a while and now has a beautiful baby boy): http://www.geocities.com/kungfumelb/expert.html

I saw some pictures of his from the Shaolin Temple that he had sent to my Dad (among other things on a trip to China). Some of them are so beautiful and unlike anything you'd ever see in Boston, I had to share (follow the "photos" link from the quianlidao.com site).

Comments

[alabastard.livejournal.com]

Fascinating man. I had a teacher dedicated like that, they teach with their souls, it goes beyond making money.

Yes,

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"Fascinating man. I had a teacher dedicated like that, they teach with their souls, it goes beyond making money."

I miss him quite a bit (he was very close to my family, like a brother to my Dad). I can't believe he's been gone for so long! Its tough that what was meant to be a temporary time there (and then he was planning on coming back to Boston to open a school) ended up permanent. But I'm really happy for him following his dreams.